Re: [expert] Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key (john)

[John Aldrich]

On Mon, 06 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> 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).
> 
Well, OBVIOUSLY you wouldn't execute this every time you start X.
However, there are some occasions when one needs to have this, such
as when running Printtool, etc.
        John