Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:24:06 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Sean Broestl <broestls@holly.ColoState.EDU> Cc: "Robert T.G. Tan" <rotan@cs.pdx.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: su in X Message-ID: <200104271524.f3RFO6c29944@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:24:37 MDT." <Pine.A41.4.10.10104270823320.170444-100000@holly.ColoState.EDU>
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> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:24:37 -0600 (MDT) > From: Sean Broestl <broestls@holly.ColoState.EDU> > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > switch back to your normal account, and type "xhost + localhost". That > should be all you need. Please, DON'T do this. xhosts is a mammoth security hole that should never have escaped from the labs of the mad scientists in Cambridge, Mass. It allows anyone who has access to a system to monitor every keystroke you enter. Use xwrappers (from the ports) or use xauthority. (It will usually work to use 'setenv XAUTHORITY ~login-username/.Xauthority'.) R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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