Re: X11 security problem with testing:
You have to edit /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc, it should look like
#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100
Anything else you must remove from it.
Oleg
On Sunday 24 February 2002 20:04, Andrew H Gosline wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I just upgraded my second box from redhat 7.1 to debian, and I can no
> longer use x2x, nor can I export X11 apps over the network. I simply get
> the error message:
>
> goose@goose-k62:/etc/X11$ x2x -to 192.168.0.207:0.0 -from :0.0 -west
> x2x - error: can not open display 192.168.0.207:0.0
>
> where the x2x command is same one as I used previously with redhat. The
> problem is not xhost related, as I use the xhost + to grant access, and
>
> I've already changed the file /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc/ as follows:
> > In /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc, try changing the following:
> >
> > "exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp"
> >
> > to read:
> >
> > "exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 "
>
> seems as if the Xserver running in default debian woody does not listen to
> the network and/or allow any network X connections... DOH!
>
> I'm completely at a loss, I have no idea how to fix this problem. Any
> ideas would be greatly appreciated!
>
> thanx
>
> Andrew H Gosline
> MASc student, Robotics and Control Laboratory
> Electrical and Computer Engineering, UBC
> (604) 822-9215
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