On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Bill Roberts wrote:
I've also stayed away from xhosts for security reasons. Is there any secure way of using it?
You could (as root) copy the mit-magic cookie to root's directory (/root). This is usually the recommended way, from a security point of view. X clients scan the home directory for the mit-magic cookie (.Xauthority) and only allow those who can produce said cookie in their home directory to connect to the X server. See:
http://pangea.stanford.edu/computerinfo/unix/xterminal/xauthentication.html
Best regards
Peter K
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