On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 01:19:35PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 09:22:38PM -0500, Michael Ableyev wrote: > > try xhost +localhost > > ...but only if you want anyone on any machine which can contact yours > over the network to have access to your display. > > If you _must_ use xhost, it's just `xhost localhost`. No +. Not quite. "xhost +localhost" is a synonym for "xhost localhost" and it is relatively benign. Its "xhost +" that is bloody dangerous. See "man xhost" for details. -- Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List (TCLUG) crumley at fields.space.umn.edu |Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ Never laugh at live dragons |Dmitry's free,Jon's next? http://faircopyright.org _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list