on Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 04:00:58PM -0800, Chris Majewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> writes: > > > Rather than exporting xauthority, my preference is: > > > > # As root > > $ xauth merge ~$USER/.Xauthority > > > > ...where $USER is your desired user. > > > > This transfers cookies from $USER's .Xauthority file to root's > > .Xauthority file. Changes to user's .Xauthority file don't effect X. > > X now has access to user's X session, but not vice versa.
> Speaking of reasonable defaults, shouldn't this be one? > -chris Sorry? I don't understand. Root can *gain* access to an arbitrary user's X session. This doesn't mean root should *have* access. X is something readily inverted. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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