Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:24:13 +0100 (CET) From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: rakukin@mail.ru Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re[2]: X authorization Message-ID: <200002261524.QAA02773@Magelan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <E12Oh6r-000Epu-00@f1.mail.ru>
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On 26 Feb, A. Rakukin wrote:
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> sshd is not running on the host which has been accessed...
> I am aware of the X-connections forwarding ability of ssh,
> but it is not the case...
[...]
> I know that xhost is insecure. But it worked earlier!
> And now I have a situation as follows: I merely start X (via xdm) on host A,
> no windows/commands there, then go to host B,
> type `export DISPLAY=A:0; xterm' and see xterm window
> opened on the display of A! Then test `xhost' on A and see no hosts allowed...
Is your ${HOME} shared between those hosts?
What does "xauth list" print (don't post it here, look at it carefully
by yourself)?
Bye,
Alexander.
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