On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Tom Berger wrote:
> John Aldrich wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
>
> Not so obvious to me, I am afraid. If you want to use kpackage or linuxconf it
> is pretty convenient. And adding 127.0.0.1 is no security hole IMO. (Please tell
> me if you think otherwise).
>
> tom
export DISPLAY=:0 && while : ; do xmessage "Hahaha" ; done
> > However, there are some occasions when one needs to have this, such
> > as when running Printtool, etc.
> > John
>
>
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