Sean Liu wrote:
> Not sure if this is an FAQ, but did not see it before.
> Traditionally if hostA need to access X on hostB, we do:
> hostA$ export DISPLAY=hostB:0
> Then
> hostB$ xhost hostA
> or
> hostB$ xhost +
> 
> however this does not seem to work on b50 ( not sure about earlier builds ). 
> Is anything changed?

In Nevada Builds 42 and later, X is started by default with
-nolisten tcp to disable all remote connections.   This was
done as part of the Secure-By-Default project.

For more information on this, including instructions on how
to undo it, see:

http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/on/flag-days/pages/2006060101/
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/security/projects/sbd/

-- 
        -Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
         Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering

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