On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 03:57:20PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: | i am unable to start x from a screen session. | | it exits with a message 'user not authorized to run x server'. how can i | remedy it?
Look at /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
(allowed_users=console)
| will i be opening a security hole if i overcome this problem?
Maybe.
-D
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The remote desktop feature of Windows XP is really nice (and *novel*!).
As a Microsoft consultant can *remotely* disable the personal firewall
and control the system. We'll ignore the fact that this tampering with
the firewall is not logged, and more importantly, that the firewall
isn't restored when the clowns from Redmond are done with their job.
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