As far as security goes that is a big no no. It allows anyone to use X. Rusty
PS I said I use vim not gvim. On Tuesday 12 November 2002 11:03 pm, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Michael Wenk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > If you xhost +root then you'll be fine. > > Oops, that's what I get for posting too quickly. Apologies: > I was thinking of "xhost +" without the username qualifier. > > The other approaches still might be worth considering. > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech