Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-11 Thread Peter Cordes
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 05:28:52PM +0100, Ivan Brezina wrote: > > > On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Joseph Pingenot wrote: > > > >From Norbert Preining on Friday, 08 November, 2002: > > >I think that vim-gtk tries to open a window, recognizes that this > > >doesn't work (authorization) and starts normal tex

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-11 Thread Peter Cordes
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 05:28:52PM +0100, Ivan Brezina wrote: > > > On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Joseph Pingenot wrote: > > > >From Norbert Preining on Friday, 08 November, 2002: > > >I think that vim-gtk tries to open a window, recognizes that this > > >doesn't work (authorization) and starts normal tex

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-10 Thread Andreas Kotes
* David Stanaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20021110 14:19]: > On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 11:42, Joseph Pingenot wrote: > > xhost is for working with connections coming over tcp. :0.0 uses > > a named socket (/tmp/Xsomething), and Debian's X servers don't listen > > in on a tcp socket by default (securi

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-10 Thread Andreas Kotes
* David Stanaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20021110 14:19]: > On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 11:42, Joseph Pingenot wrote: > > xhost is for working with connections coming over tcp. :0.0 uses > > a named socket (/tmp/Xsomething), and Debian's X servers don't listen > > in on a tcp socket by default (securi

Re: su and x (was Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing)

2002-11-09 Thread Christian Jaeger
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su and x (was Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing)

2002-11-09 Thread Martin Fluch
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Jörg Schütter wrote: > On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 13:36:25 +0200 (EET) > Martin Fluch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Rick Moen wrote: > > > > > It's a little simpler to do: > > > > > > $ ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Even easier: the following lines in the

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-09 Thread Jörg Schütter
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 13:36:25 +0200 (EET) Martin Fluch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Rick Moen wrote: > > > It's a little simpler to do: > > > > $ ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Even easier: the following lines in the /root/.bashrc do the same trick: > > if [ ! "$LOGNAM

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-09 Thread Martin Fluch
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Rick Moen wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ su > > Password: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/mfluch> export XAUTHORITY=/home/mfluch/.Xauthority > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/mfluch> > > > > ...and then every X application works just as before as the normal user. > > It's a litt

Re: su and x (was Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing)

2002-11-09 Thread Christian Jaeger
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su and x (was Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing)

2002-11-09 Thread Martin Fluch
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Jörg Schütter wrote: > On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 13:36:25 +0200 (EET) > Martin Fluch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Rick Moen wrote: > > > > > It's a little simpler to do: > > > > > > $ ssh -X root@localhost > > > > Even easier: the following lines in the /ro

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-09 Thread Jörg Schütter
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 13:36:25 +0200 (EET) Martin Fluch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Rick Moen wrote: > > > It's a little simpler to do: > > > > $ ssh -X root@localhost > > Even easier: the following lines in the /root/.bashrc do the same trick: > > if [ ! "$LOGNAME"

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-09 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Martin Fluch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Indeed. Therefore I use > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ su > Password: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/mfluch> export XAUTHORITY=/home/mfluch/.Xauthority > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/mfluch> > > ...and then every X application works just as before as the normal use

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-09 Thread Martin Fluch
> > I am using woody + testing + some unstable: > > > > in xterm/gnome-terminal usually I do (as normal user) > > xhost + > > This disables access control in the X server. This is, almost always, > a very bad idea. Indeed. Therefore I use [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/h

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-09 Thread Martin Fluch
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Rick Moen wrote: > > mfluch@seneca:~$ su > > Password: > > root@seneca:/home/mfluch> export XAUTHORITY=/home/mfluch/.Xauthority > > root@seneca:/home/mfluch> > > > > ...and then every X application works just as before as the normal user. > > It's a little simpler to do

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-09 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Martin Fluch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Indeed. Therefore I use > > mfluch@seneca:~$ su > Password: > root@seneca:/home/mfluch> export XAUTHORITY=/home/mfluch/.Xauthority > root@seneca:/home/mfluch> > > ...and then every X application works just as before as the normal user. It's a littl

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-09 Thread Martin Fluch
> > I am using woody + testing + some unstable: > > > > in xterm/gnome-terminal usually I do (as normal user) > > xhost + > > This disables access control in the X server. This is, almost always, > a very bad idea. Indeed. Therefore I use mfluch@seneca:~$ su Password: root@seneca:/home/mfluch

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 10:53:10AM -0800, Yogesh Sharma wrote: > > xhost is for working with connections coming over tcp. :0.0 uses > > a named socket (/tmp/Xsomething), and Debian's X servers don't listen > > in on a tcp socket by default (security. No chance of someone sniffing > > your

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Joseph Pingenot
Indeed. My mistake. I just verified that X wasn't listening in to tcp/6000, xhost +'ed, and su -'ed, setup the display variable, and it worked. NM. I'm wrong. Seems something on this guy's end is borken. -Joseph -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "As far as Microsoft, we will never take a company ligh

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread David Stanaway
On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 11:42, Joseph Pingenot wrote: > xhost is for working with connections coming over tcp. :0.0 uses > a named socket (/tmp/Xsomething), and Debian's X servers don't listen > in on a tcp socket by default (security. No chance of someone sniffing > your password if nobody

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Yogesh Sharma
> xhost is for working with connections coming over tcp. :0.0 uses > a named socket (/tmp/Xsomething), and Debian's X servers don't listen > in on a tcp socket by default (security. No chance of someone sniffing > your password if nobody can connect remotely!). Thus, xhost won't work. >

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 10:53:10AM -0800, Yogesh Sharma wrote: > > xhost is for working with connections coming over tcp. :0.0 uses > > a named socket (/tmp/Xsomething), and Debian's X servers don't listen > > in on a tcp socket by default (security. No chance of someone sniffing > > your

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Joseph Pingenot
>From Ivan Brezina on Friday, 08 November, 2002: >Another possibility is: >su -c vim-gtk >you can also use xhost +username for allowing users to connect to our >Xserver. But this does not work for me on Debian. xhost is for working with connections coming over tcp. :0.0 uses a named socket (/t

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Joseph Pingenot
Indeed. My mistake. I just verified that X wasn't listening in to tcp/6000, xhost +'ed, and su -'ed, setup the display variable, and it worked. NM. I'm wrong. Seems something on this guy's end is borken. -Joseph -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "As far as Microsoft, we will never take a company ligh

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread David Stanaway
On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 11:42, Joseph Pingenot wrote: > xhost is for working with connections coming over tcp. :0.0 uses > a named socket (/tmp/Xsomething), and Debian's X servers don't listen > in on a tcp socket by default (security. No chance of someone sniffing > your password if nobody

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Yogesh Sharma
> xhost is for working with connections coming over tcp. :0.0 uses > a named socket (/tmp/Xsomething), and Debian's X servers don't listen > in on a tcp socket by default (security. No chance of someone sniffing > your password if nobody can connect remotely!). Thus, xhost won't work. >

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Ivan Brezina
On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Joseph Pingenot wrote: > >From Norbert Preining on Friday, 08 November, 2002: > >I think that vim-gtk tries to open a window, recognizes that this > >doesn't work (authorization) and starts normal text mode vi. > > Probably the easiest way to do this is, instead of using su/

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Joseph Pingenot
>From Ivan Brezina on Friday, 08 November, 2002: >Another possibility is: >su -c vim-gtk >you can also use xhost +username for allowing users to connect to our >Xserver. But this does not work for me on Debian. xhost is for working with connections coming over tcp. :0.0 uses a named socket (/t

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Joseph Pingenot
>From Norbert Preining on Friday, 08 November, 2002: >I think that vim-gtk tries to open a window, recognizes that this >doesn't work (authorization) and starts normal text mode vi. Probably the easiest way to do this is, instead of using su/sudo, run ssh -X localhost. It'll tunnel your X apps

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Steve Johnson said: > No, but I have noticed when i open an xterm, su to root and run > vi(vim-gtk), whenever I quit vi, i get this. > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refu

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Norbert Preining
On Fre, 08 Nov 2002, Steve Johnson wrote: > No, but I have noticed when i open an xterm, su to root and run > vi(vim-gtk), whenever I quit vi, i get this. > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Steve Johnson
No, but I have noticed when i open an xterm, su to root and run vi(vim-gtk), whenever I quit vi, i get this. Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Se

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Ivan Brezina
On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Joseph Pingenot wrote: > >From Norbert Preining on Friday, 08 November, 2002: > >I think that vim-gtk tries to open a window, recognizes that this > >doesn't work (authorization) and starts normal text mode vi. > > Probably the easiest way to do this is, instead of using su/

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Joseph Pingenot
>From Norbert Preining on Friday, 08 November, 2002: >I think that vim-gtk tries to open a window, recognizes that this >doesn't work (authorization) and starts normal text mode vi. Probably the easiest way to do this is, instead of using su/sudo, run ssh -X localhost. It'll tunnel your X apps

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Steve Johnson said: > No, but I have noticed when i open an xterm, su to root and run > vi(vim-gtk), whenever I quit vi, i get this. > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refu

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Norbert Preining
On Fre, 08 Nov 2002, Steve Johnson wrote: > No, but I have noticed when i open an xterm, su to root and run > vi(vim-gtk), whenever I quit vi, i get this. > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by

Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing

2002-11-08 Thread Steve Johnson
No, but I have noticed when i open an xterm, su to root and run vi(vim-gtk), whenever I quit vi, i get this. Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Se