Re: root and X problem

[Dave Sherohman <esper@sherohman.org>]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 01:32:25AM -0700, nate wrote:
> xhost +localhost

If you must for some reason use xhost instead of ssh -X, leave the +
out, as it will open up your display to any and every application
which wants to draw on it, no matter where it's coming from.  That
line should be just

xhost localhost

But, like nate said, ssh -X is a much better option.

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