Nitebirdz wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Bret Hughes wrote:
>
> > Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 23:38:19 -0600
> > From: Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Connection refused to X server
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > I must have screwed something up today. When I su to root and try to execute a
>program (red-carpet), I get the following:
> > >
> > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> > >
> > > Any idea what might be causing this, or better yet, how to fix it?
> > >
> >
> > the user running x has no given root the right to use the display. as
> > the user issue the command
> > xhost +localhost
> >
> > this gives all users on the local machine the right to use your display.
> > I do no know how to do this for a single user only.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Bret
> >
>
> The manual page has the answer to this:
>
> [+]name The given name (the plus sign is optional) is
> added to the list allowed to connect to the X
> server. The name can be a host name or a user
> name.
>
Is this also considered a bad design ? What if there is a user with the same name as
a host , which takes precedence ? Hmm...
>
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