On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> then the X app is not limited to using only IP but can choose whichever >> transport it deems best. Of course the usual safety caveats apply. If >> others are on your host, they'll have X access. If you're concerned >> about that, then just give root permission: >> >> xhost SI:localuser:root >> >> xhost +local: > Thanks -- that was what I was trying to remember, so I just emerged it. > > Looks like something I should be able to do in my .bashrc and just forget > about. > > Actually, it doesn't work. ke...@treat ~ $ xhost si:localhost:root localhost:root being added to access control list X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 109 (X_ChangeHosts) Value in failed request: 0xe Serial number of failed request: 7 Current serial number in output stream: 9 ke...@treat ~ $ xhost SI:localhost:root localhost:root being added to access control list X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 109 (X_ChangeHosts) Value in failed request: 0xe Serial number of failed request: 7 Current serial number in output stream: 9 ke...@treat ~ $ What's worse, the xhost man page refers me to Xauthority(7) which does not exist, and I did not find it with a quick check by eix. What did work was xhost +r...@localhost -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
