On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 10:48:48 -0800, Collins Richey muttered:
> Before issuing 'su', as your normal user, you must issue 'xhost
> +localhost' in order to allow the root user to have access to the
> display.  This is considered a security exposure, so as soon as you exit
> from the root environment, issue 'xhost -localhost'.

NO, NO, NO.

xhost is EVIL.

Use xauth properly instead: run `xauth list' as user, run `xauth add' with
the output as root.

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Andrew Farmer
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