On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 01:29:03PM -0500, Jim Crumley wrote: > On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 01:19:35PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 09:22:38PM -0500, Michael Ableyev wrote: > > > try xhost +localhost > > > > ...but only if you want anyone on any machine which can contact yours > > over the network to have access to your display. > > > > If you _must_ use xhost, it's just `xhost localhost`. No +. > > Not quite. > > "xhost +localhost" is a synonym for "xhost localhost" and it is > relatively benign. Its "xhost +" that is bloody dangerous. See > "man xhost" for details. Never use it myself, but I've been told that `xhost +name` is equivalent to `xhost + name`, granting universal access. Even if that's not correct, it makes sense to leave out the +, since that makes for less typing and less concern over typos (wouldn't want to get an unintentional space after the +...). -- The freedoms that we enjoy presently are the most important victories of the White Hats over the past several millennia, and it is vitally important that we don't give them up now, only because we are frightened. - Eolake Stobblehouse (http://stobblehouse.com/text/battle.html) _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list