On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:06:40 -0700, Rick wrote in message <20170921190640.gm11...@linuxmafia.com>:
> Quoting Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI (ren...@olgiati-in-paraguay.org): > > > Anything against having `xhost +` in ~/.bashrc ? > > Local security, disabling of. > > One different method: > > $ ssh -Y root@localhost > # gparted & > # > > The '-Y' option enables X11 forwarding. (This of course requires > sshd.) > > You can probably justify 'xhost +' if this is one of those > I'm-the-only-user machines. Thank Ghu, remote network access to the X > server is no longer enabled by default on Linux hosts. (The right way > to do remote X11, IMO, is via 'ssh -Y u...@example.com', thereby > forwarding X11 across the authenticated ssh tunnel.) > > One can argue that you should use 'ssh -Y' even locally so you get out > of the habit of using 'xhost +'. I won't argue that, but will just > put it out there. ..my prefecence was the -X option: ssh -X root@localhost until Debian killed it with some new policy. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
