Re: Root login in graphical enviroment

[Crispin Wellington <crispin@aeonline.net>]

On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 12:13, Kirk Strauser wrote:
> 
> At 2002-08-01T03:46:18Z, Crispin Wellington <crispin@aeonline.net>
writes:
> 
> >> interesting. i must admit that xauth is way too mysterious for me
to know
> >> how to fix that. but maybe someone knows why mine works and yours
> >> doesn't...
> 
> > Because you've gone and done xhost +localhost like you shouldn't
> 
> It worked for me, too, and:
> 
>     $ xhost
>     access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect
> 
> So much for that theory.  :)

WTF?? Now Im flumoxed :) How is your X authenticating you? Are you using
some xauth -nmerge script?

Crispin