Well - my incredibly intelligent friend has informed me that by adding my
hostname to the list (ie with xhost like I did originally) I am
introducing a security hole. And we tried it out here on our little LAN
and it's kinda cool how I can just start up Eterms on someone elses
machine, but I don't think it's a feature I want to add to my system just
yet <grin>. But anyhow, my friend isn't as smart as he though because he
dosen't know what I SHOULD do. Anyone know how to solve this problem?
weston
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, T Weston Sewell wrote:
> WEll, I should have known the answer - since it's staring me right in the
> face. For some reason my hostname was not added to the hosts file for
> both IP addresses. I have one for my ehternet card and one for the
> loopback and I guess kppp thought I was the one I hadn't added. So
> I added the other and viola! Also, as for my apps not working, I had the
> ppp connection set (through kppp of course) to set my hostname based on my
> ip address on connection. This caused none of my apps to connect to my X
> server. Well I guess I learned a bit. Hope I didn't waste EVERYbodies
> time :)
>
> weston
>
> On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, T Weston Sewell wrote:
>
> > I just upgraded my KDE to 1.1, which is still old I know, but on to the
> > point. I've been having some weird problems with programs not running
> > correctly. I've been trying to use kppp, which is a simple gui for pppd
> > connections and I get the following error if I start it from a term:
> >
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> > kppp: cannot connect to X server :0.0
> >
> >
> > Anyone know why this would be. This only happens with my user name, not
> > as root. Both as myself and as root, kppp asks me for a password before
> > they start- though I'm not sure what that means. And I just realized that
> > some of my other apps are broken. It seems that sometimes ( I think maybe
> > only while I'm connected) none of my apps will execute from the desktop
> > or kpanel. Does anyone know if this is K related or X related? I should
> > mention that kppp,worked fine until I upgraded, but it had the suid bit
> > set :( Which is one of the reasons I upgraded. TIA for any help.
> >
> > weston
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