Around 18 o'clock on Nov 19, Dave Dodge wrote: > [I realize xauth, or changing permissions on the unix socket, could > probably solve this as well. But the localhost method is really, > really easy :-]
When you say 'xhost +localhost' you're also granting permission for applications to connect throught the unix domain socket. On a system with Unix domain sockets, it's hard to see a valid use for 127.0.0.1:6000. This is in no way meant to disuade people from adding suitable options to configure which interfaces the (deprecated) IP listening sockets should bind to; I think that's a very useful idea. I'm just trying to show that the need for any IP connections is even less than people imagine. -keith
