** Changed in: lightdm
Importance: Medium = Low
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Medium = Low
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Title:
X server authority only
To the first question, there is no configuration that allows the MIT-
MAGIC-COOKIE to be set to allow remote connections.
Agreed, it seems logical that it should at least be possible to make the
cookie available to remote connections if the sysadmin has chosen to use
that method. I'm trying to
Providing the X server is allowing TCP domain connections and accepts
the MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 over TCP connections, getting the MIT-MAGIC-
COOKIE-1 to the remote host is relatively easy. The xauth on the
console host can see the MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 and can be used to copy it
into the .Xauthority
Thanks for the data point on the use of encryption!
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Title:
X server authority only allows local connections even if xserver-
allow-tcp=true
