'xhost +' does not work in warty

[Erik Bågfors]

Using "xhost +" is a very very very big security hole.  Therefor it is
disabled by default.

If you really want it turned on, you need to start the Xserver without
the "-nolisten tcp" option (I think I remember that right).

It's up to you to find out how..

a MUCH better sollution is to use "ssh -X"

/Erik


On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:02:39 +0100, Johannes Behr
<johannes.behr at igd.fhg.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I run warty on my local workstation (pc1228)
> and logged into another machine in our local
> network.
> 
> On the local machine I disabled the X-access
> control with 'xhost +' so everyone should
> be able to access the XServer on pc1228.
> 
> When I try to start a X application (e.g.
> xterm) on the remote machine with
> -display pc1228:0.0 the window should
> start on the pc1228 server.
> 
> That's how it works on all kind of
> X-Workstations I used in the last
> years. But not on warty. I always get:
> 
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: pc1228:0.0
> 
> Can anybody give me a hint? Do I have
> to change some other access/security settings?
> 
> Regards,
>   Johannes
> 
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