On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 03:37:25PM +0000, Noah Dain wrote: > On 1/18/06, Peter McAlpine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Security feature or not... when I'm troubleshooting I sometimes want > > this disabled. If 'xhost +' no longer disables all access control, I'd > > be interested in hearing the new way to it. > > > > Thanks, > > -Peter > > <snip> > try putting this in /root/.bashrc: > > # allow root to run programs when another > # user is in X > if [ ! "$USER" = "root" ]; then > export XAUTHORITY=/home/$USER/.Xauthority > fi > > or just run the export line. now you should be able to su to root and > run an X11 client locally. > <snip>
Thanks, but I'm also interested in hearing how to disable all access control for remote connections. How can I do this? -Peter
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