John Aldrich wrote:
>
> On Sun, 05 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > I seem to have some kind of corrupted file as you see from the subject line.
> > I have upgraded 6.0 to XFree86-3.3.5, kernel-2.2.13-pre4mdk and
> > initscripts-4.23-30mdk. When I try to bring up netcfg, control-panel or
> > filerunner from Konsole I get the following error:
> >
> Right...I had EXACTLY the same problem trying to run Printtool from
> a console window after SU-ing from a non-priveleged user. The
> solution is as follows:
> xhost +localhost
> su
>
> Do that in EXACTLY that order and everything should be fine. I think
> it's just complaining that it can't find the root X-console. :-)
> John
Not exactly. As axalon has already said, it's a security feature that should
prevent intruders from gaining access to the Xserver. *If* you want to turn it
off, it's more convenient to put the line 'xhost +127.0.0.1' in your .xinitrc or
.xsessionrc (or to set the variable XAUTHORITY).
tom
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