Re: [Sheflug] Still can't understand Xhost etc.

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

"Stephen J. Turnbull" wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Barrie" == Barrie Bremner <TheEnglishman [at] ecosse.net> writes:
 
>     Barrie>  su'ing to root and running xhost +localhost gives the
> 
> Right.  root != baz.  In the original scenario, baz owns the X server,
> nobody else can connect without his permission.  No connect, no
> changes to authentication.

 Oh. I never tried the command as baz. I figured root = God.
 Obviously X = system beyond all laws :-)

 I'll give it a try.

 Cheers, Stephen.

 Baz.

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