I guess that erez doron meant 'xhost +localhost', and not xauth ...
If I understood correctly - the problem occurs during the _startup_ of
XWindows and has nothing to do with the display access lists ...
Ors
On Wed, 5 May 1999, Erez Doron wrote:
> Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
> >
> > Erez Doron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > when running X not as root, i get:
> > > 'Authentication failed'
> >
> > do a :
> >
> > xauth +localhost
> this is an ileagle syntax for xauth
>
> man page:
>
> xauth [ -f authfile ] [ -vqib ] [ command arg ... ]
>
> I've tried using xauth, but i susspect this is not the solution
>
> thanks anyway
> erez.
>
> >
> > to allow all users from localhost to launch x applications. See the
> > man xauth(1) for more information
> >
> > --
> > Chmouel
>
>
