Re: running X on localhost with different user
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 12:16:56AM -0800, Alan DuBoff wrote:
> Mike Fedyk wrote:
>
> > You can use the "xhost" command and enable access from the entire localhost.
>
> Yep, that is what I used to do on XFree86 3.3.x, and specifically I would
> issue:
> xhost +localhost
>
oh, I didn't know that wouldn't work with 4.x
> Ah, I just figured it out...
>
> xhost +local:username
>
This looks really good. With 3.x you had to do some kind of key swap which
seemed kinda funky. Though, I didn't take the time to really check it out.
> does the trick...I guess XFree86 will only allow a specific user connect to X
> for security reasons????
>
Looks like a major improvement.
> Sorry for the waste of bandwidth...:-/
>
Yeah, we need to be able to get our mp3z and porn 0.001% faster!
Mike
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