Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 23:40:01 +0000 From: Chris Hodgins <chodgins@cis.strath.ac.uk> To: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xhost +localhost Message-ID: <4202B651.3090200@cis.strath.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <ef60af0905020315216fc3765a@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef60af09050202095829be3b6f@mail.gmail.com> <20050202210526.GC77499@keyslapper.net> <42014E0A.5070003@mac.com> <20050203225835.GX8619@alzatex.com> <ef60af0905020315216fc3765a@mail.gmail.com>
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Gert Cuykens wrote: > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:58:35 -0800, Loren M. Lang <lorenl@alzatex.com> wrote: > >>This enable all programs to have access that are using unix domain >>sockets to not need the MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE stored in the .Xauthority file >>in the users home directory so any user can open a program on that >>display. xhost +localhost adds all programs from localhost using tcp >>connections instead. DISPLAY=:0 causes a program to use fast unix >>domain sockets where DISPLAY=localhost:0 causes a program to use slow >>tcp sockets instead. tcp sockets are really only needed for remote >>connections and xhost +localhost won't allow any local programs to >>access X unless they use tcp, not unix. See my first response for more >>information. > > > ok time out :) > 1)does xhost set the DISPLAY variable ? No. You have export the variable yourself. xhost allows you to grant or deny access to others. A user who has access and wishes to connect may set his DISPLAY variable to the corresponding DISPLAY. > 2)does xhost local: also uses the tcp thingie or use it the x socket thingie ? I think xhost local: allows access to BSD sockets, so not tcp. > 3)what must i put in the .Xauthority file to make the screensaver work > with having to use xhost ? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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