On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 14:23:11 -0500 Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 02:09 PM 11/4/2003, you wrote: > >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. > > Agreed. People get chastised to no end on Debian-User for suggesting > 'xhost'. Sure, it's quick and easy... I've got what's supposedly the > "proper" and safe way to solve this, but it's on my Debian box at > home. If no one posts it, I can in a few hours. > > > Hall Thank you. I kind of thought it was going to be something like that. I would be interested in seeing your 'proper and safe' way of correcting it also. I might as well as this as well....this error only comes up when I have xdm or gdm running as my login. If I log on without either, issue startx, open a terminal and then 'su -', I don't get thsi error. Is that normal as well. rh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
