Re: loss of xauthority

1997-12-29 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Martin wrote, > > > From: "Christian Hudon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 14:48:19 + > > Subject: "xauth +", not a good idea... > > > > > If you don't trust every user on your machine, you'll need to learn a bit > > about xauth. "xauth list $DISP

Re: loss of xauthority

1997-12-29 Thread hawk
Martin wrote, > From: "Christian Hudon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 14:48:19 + > Subject: "xauth +", not a good idea... > > If you don't trust every user on your machine, you'll need to learn a bit > about xauth. "xauth list $DISPLAY" will list the key for the display > $DI

Re: loss of xauthority

1997-12-29 Thread Martin Bialasinski
On Mon, 29 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > WHile I'm at it, should I be using something other than xhost? the fm's i rt > 'd seem to suggest I should be using magic cookies instead. > Yes. Here was a posting about this some time ago. I quote it below. Ciao, Martin From: "Christia

Re: loss of xauthority

1997-12-29 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm stumped again. I've lost my ability to control xhost for more than a > minute or so. This is fairly recent. > > my "xhost + . . . " line in .xsession used to let me specify my common hosts, > including localhost. No longer. > > It is necessary to do an xhost +

loss of xauthority

1997-12-29 Thread hawk
I'm stumped again. I've lost my ability to control xhost for more than a minute or so. This is fairly recent. my "xhost + . . . " line in .xsession used to let me specify my common hosts, including localhost. No longer. It is necessary to do an xhost + immediately before a program tries to