[aclug-L] Re: bad cookie

["Clint A. Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I never used xauth I've always used xhost, so 
xhost + 'hostname'
will allow anyone logged into your machine, to display x apps on your
X screen. If you don't have more than user on you machine at a time, this
is
fine. 

without out the hostname anyone from any machine can display stuff on your
X session, which doens't matter unless your connected to other machines.



On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Jeff wrote:

> I believe you want something like:
> 
> [phrostie@whatever]$ su root
> xxxx
> [root@whatever]$ xauth add localhost:0 . [[something]]
> 
> 
> but I don't use xauth (probably should), but I don't have to, so I
> haven't learned this.  Poke around the xauth and X server manpages.
> 
> -jeff
> -- 
> Linux ... find out what you've been missing while
>           you've been rebooting Windows NT. --Infoworld
> 
> 

Clint Brubakken
Developer, Computer Science Services Group, LLC
Dictator-for-Life Air Capital Linux Users Group 
Wichita, KS
cabrubak@xxxxxxx
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