-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 02 April 2001 16:43, quintaq@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
On Mon, 2 Apr 2001 15:13:40 -0400
Michael Galloway
wrote: of course, many would consider xhost + insecure, in that it allows anyone to display X to your localhost. would be better to xhost localhostname instead.
-- michael
I am sure that is good advice Michael. I just gave an instant response to the question and I should not publicise my sloppy habits. For the moment I am safe enough on the box I referred to, however.
Don't bother with xhost at all. Use sux instead of su and you don't have to think about it. It only works on SuSE, however. - -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6yNla+FOexA3koIgRAsziAJ47HnITkBb6k89lIso6JXAKa1tRhACgo0At Abe867UWsPUK/TkCsdNruHk= =bSuG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----