Jay,
I dont know... it sounds to me that Martin's problem has to do
with an X system that is using xauth for authentication. I doubt that
xhost would solve his problem. Would ssh handle such a situation?
Kenneth
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Jay Thorne wrote:
> Martin Krzywinski wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to get around to fixing some X server authorizations on a local
> > network.
> >
> > Basically I would like the DISPLAY to follow the user around as they
> > rlogin from machine to machine without having to set it and use the stupid
> > xhost. I'd also like root to be able to do this. But only within the local
> > network, or a list of authorized hosts. As it stands, I get endless
> > invalid cookie messages. I haven't dug into this yet. Basically, I'm
> > hoping for some quick pointers.
> >
> > Regards,
> Look for ssh. It does secure x display forwarding, without requiring xhost.
>
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