On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 11:42:30AM -0400, Louis Ingalls wrote: > My question is, nowhere have I found either in Oracle doc or VNC doc > an explanation of the need to do this or why. Not being an > experienced Unix admin or having one available that knows about X, > we are unaware of the ramifications of "xauth" and the .Xauthority > file. Have others experienced this situation or if any vnc > developers read this email, is it possible to explain the > association of the .Xauthority file and vnc???
It is exactly the same as with any X server. I would suggest hunting documentation about X authentication in general, rather than looking for any VNC-specific hints. If you trust all the users on the machine you are running, you might find that 'xhost +localhost' is a good solution. Tim. */ [demime 0.97b removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
