Re: kdm chooser incorrectly reports Display not authorized
On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 11:34:45AM -0800, Eric Nodwell wrote:
>
> > > But for the entry for holler itself, the status is reported as
> > > "Display not authorized to connect". Despite this, you can select it
> > > and connect no problem. So the reported status is incorrect.
> > >
> > hmm ... i'll have a look at it.
>
> I located the problem. My /etc/kde2.kdm/Xaccess file looked like this:
>
>
> %hostlist holler warp gascol
> * CHOOSER %hostlist
>
>
> But it should have looked like this:
>
>
> * #any host can get a login window
> %hostlist holler warp gascol
> * CHOOSER %hostlist
>
>
> Apparently the former means "any host can get a chooser but not a
> login window", while the latter means "any host can get a chooser or a
> login window".
this is disabled by default because it's a security risk and generally
discouraged.
Ivan
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