Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 10:19:29 -0600 From: Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com> To: Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions mailing list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key Message-ID: <20010103101929.A2512@northernbrewer.com> In-Reply-To: <20010103115713.A1027@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl>; from ernst@jollem.com on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 11:57:13AM %2B0100 References: <20010103115713.A1027@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl>
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Ernst de Haan (ernst@jollem.com) wrote: > What's a MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key, and why do I have an invalid one? I guess > this has something to do with PAM ? > > Any pointers to documentation would be greatly appreciated. man Xsecurity will give you information on the XFree86 security model. In short, there is an .Xauthority file in your home directory which contains a plain text cookie which authenticates X clients to the X server. You could set root's XAUTHORITY environment variable to point to the .Xauthority file in your home directory. It has also been suggested that you ssh -l root localhost to run X apps (if you permit root logins like that), as it will do X11 forwarding. -- Christopher Farley Northern Brewer / 1150 Grand Avenue / St. Paul, MN 55105 www.northernbrewer.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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