On Thu, 15 Jan 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wish to thank all the responces which I received on my Xauthority problem. I > went looking for 'ssh' when I read it in the thread, but wasn't able to find > it in any package (bo system). Of note, I use the default 'bash' shell and > checked the variables (as suggested) :
ssh uses crypto, so it's on a non-us mirror (there's a readme.nonus on the ftp sites I think). > XAUTHORITY=~/.Xauthority [EMAIL PROTECTED](p2):checklist$ ls ~$USER/.ssh ls: ~bhmit1/.ssh: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED](p2):checklist$ ls `expr ~$USER/.ssh` ls: ~bhmit1/.ssh: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED](p2):checklist$ ls `eval ~$USER/.ssh` bash: /home/bhmit1/.ssh: is a directory ... Third time's the charm. Note those are back ticks. The $HOME solution is just as good, if not better. > I see this Xauthority problem as a security hole and want to close it before > jumping "online". I wish my school thought this way. Although it makes it possible for fun scripts like grabbing a screen shot and displaying it, they get confused when non of the windows work anymore and the mouse doesn't pull up menus in the background :-) Brandon ----- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "We all know linux is great... it PGP: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] does infinite loops in 5 seconds" Phone: (757) 221-4847 --Linus Torvalds -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
