Hi, Understanding this X permission stuff was confounded by the limited amount of information available in /usr/doc , man pages, regular and mini HOWTO's, and even my books offered virtually nil. Undeterred, I was compelled to find out about all this xauh, xhost, ssh stuff, so I set out on a 'net quest, and found the answers to my questions.
Since I can't recall seeing any similar discussion on this list, I thought someone else might also be X-permission knowledge-challenged, so I decided to post some url's I found useful in the event someone might benefit. Also, the Term-HOWTO , section 12.3 was good. How to Run Remote X Applications http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/Remote-X-Apps.html Securing X Windows (html) http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/documents/ciac2316.html X Security ftp://ftp.beckman.uiuc.edu/security/xsecurity.ps Safely Using the X Window System http://weber.u.washington.edu/~dittrich/x/safe-x/ Ssh (Secure Shell) FAQ - Frequently asked questions http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ig25/ssh-faq/ssh-faq.html I still don't know why my cpu load went through the roof last night and all root logins froze, but I'm at least glad to think I know what I'm doing for a moment or two.:-) I appreciated the responses I got. David Stern -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .