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Re: Xsession problems



On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Orna Agmon wrote:

> is your display defined correctly?
> (setenv DISPLAY <the number you get when you write echo $DISPLAY when it
> IS defined right>)
> the display is usually set in the .cshrc or similar files.
> consider xhost + to allow for other users to use your display.
> run xhost + when you are yourself, then you allow everyone to display on
> your station's display.

xhost + gives global permission to everyone to connect to your display.
if you're in a lan, fine, but if you're on the internet, quite the
security risk.

always run 'xhost +specific_machine_name' in an untrusted environment.
man xhost for the exact syntax.

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