http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450203 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450203#c27 Christian Boltz <suse-beta@cboltz.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |suse-beta@cboltz.de --- Comment #27 from Christian Boltz <suse-beta@cboltz.de> 2010-04-06 13:57:11 CEST --- (In reply to comment #26)

# Allows root to open windows on your display. Example: KWrite and Kate xhost +local:0

The problem with xhost is that it allows _every_ user (with a login on your machine, even if he logs in over SSH) to access your X server. This means not only things like "display kwrite in superuser mode", but can also mean things like "run an (invisible) keylogger and steal some passwords". Nice security problem :-( which means xhost is not recommended... (It might be acceptable as workaround if you are the only user on your computer.) -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.