Hello,
I would like to use xauth and MAGIC COOKIEs to display applications from
another server on my machine's display (my sysadmin on the other machine
refuses to implement ssh, so this is the best I can do). The below steps
worked when I ran Mandrake 8.2, but now they don't work. I would greatly
apprecate any help -- I'm desperate!
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Basic info:
I am running Red Hat 9, kde window manager, no firewall implemented. Here is
the command for the X-windows session (which I don't know how to change, if
this is the source of the problem):
ps aux | grep X
root 2930 9.3 6.2 51880 15940 ? S Jul04 97:55 /usr/X11R6/bin/X
:0 -auth /var/gdm/:0.Xauth vt7
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Notational convention:
local> = my local machine
remote> = the remote machine
The sequence of steps I've been taking is as follows:
local> xauth list
local.utexas.edu/unix:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 v83elai98839cd039flk03r5llkjsf03
localhost.localdomain/unix:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
v83elai98839cd039flk03r5llkjsf03
localhost.utexas.edu:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 v83elai98839cd039flk03r5llkjsf03
local.utexas.edu:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 v83elai98839cd039flk03r5llkjsf03
localhost.utexas.edu:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 v83elai98839cd039flk03r5llkjsf03
local> telnet remote
remote> xauth add local.utexas.edu:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
v83elai98839cd039flk03r5llkjsf03
remote> xauth: error in locking authority file /home/hammer/.Xauthority
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I should note that I also get errors using the xhost command:
local> xhost + remote.utexas.edu
local> telnet remote
remote> xterm &
remote> Xlib: connection to "local.utexas.edu:0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified
Error: Can't open display: local.utexas.edu:0.0
If I use the command "xhost +" , then I can display windows on my machine, but
of course from a security standpoint this is terrible.
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Thank you for your time! :-)
Matt
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