Re: magic cookie error

[Richard Harran <95rmwh@eng.cam.ac.uk>]

George Bonser wrote:
<snip>
 
> xhost is ridden with security problems, use the xauth method.  Anyone on
> any host in your xauth table can view your screen, even change things like
> remap your keyboard, while you are completely unaware that it is
> happening.  If you have typed xauth +myhost at some point, any user on
                                ^^^^^

I think this is a typo for xhost?  It seems to contridict what you have
said about using the xauth method over the xhost method, above.  I tried
this, line, and got an unknown command "+myhost" error from xauth.

Rich

> myhost can see exactly what you are seeing any time they want to.


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