Re: X-Authentification with XFree 4?
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 09:01:11PM +0100, Debian User wrote:
> > Hi folks!
> >
> > Last week I tried to get a debian-derived CD-booting linux online.
> > (It's called "knoppix". It seems to derive from woody, but has a pretty
> > good hw-detection (sound, gfx, mouse, ... in less than 30s on a PIII 400).
> > Bringing the system online was the easy part (wvdial-conf worked great).
> > I saved the config-files and a little init-script to the local hd, so that
> > it boots only from CD and installes nothing to a hd (I just need a floppy).
> > But here comes the prob:
> > I did this that i can play spellcast against my brother. I intended to use
> > spellcast.vulpyne.net for this. But spellcast.vulpyne.net always complaints
> > about "noX".
> > xhost +spellcast.vulpyne.net or even xhost + did not solve this problem.
> > Since I have XFree 3.3.6 my knowledge in XFree 4 is _very_ poor.
>
> I don't know much about spellcast, but my guess would be that you have
> "-nolisten tcp" in your /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc (or wherever X is
> being started in your "derived" distro). Remove that, and see if it
> works then... (don't forget to restart X).
Uh what a f***! Knoppix shuts down if the X-Server quits!
And since Knoppix is CD-Only, that would be impossible to change (without burning a new CD).
>
> Also, if this box is more than a simple playstation, I guess (or hope)
> you are aware of security-related issues with "xhost +", are you?
I am aware of the window I open with "xhost +" . But fortunatly, it is a simple play station.
And it is even physically write-protected (except a ramdisk. har har har).
So there shouldn t be a security-problem.
Andreas
>
> HTH
>
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