too secure!

[pfarrar at learningco.com (pfarrar at learningco.com)]

     Derek,
     
     Dude!  I'm a moron!  That's exactly it.  I forgot to specify the other 
     machine with xhost!  I can't believe I'm even admitting to this!  
     Let's just say I was asking for a friend, OK?
     
     I'll take a look at the xauth too.  That may be more where I'm trying 
     to go.  Thanks alot.
     
     Peter
     


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Subject: Re: Re[2]: too secure!
Author:  Derek Martin <dmartin at ne.arris-i.com> at InterNet
Date:    2/11/00 10:54 AM


On Fri, 11 Feb 2000 pfarrar at learningco.com wrote:
     
>      
>      Today I have the exact message: 
>      
>      Xlib: connection to "NewBox.turtle.net:0.0" refused by server 
>      Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server 
>      Error: Can't open display: NewBox.turtle.net:0 
     
Yep, that's an xauth issue.  Easiest way around this is to do a 
     
  xhost +  # disables X authentication completely 
     
or 
     
  xhost +host.connecting.from
     
Note: You run this command on the machine you want the X session to 
display ON, not the machine where you are running the client.
     
BUT, if you need this machine to be secure, this is probably NOT what you 
want.  In that case, take a look at 
     
  man xauth
     
It's much more complicated than xhost (and much more complicated than it 
needs to be, if you ask me...) but it's also a whole lot more secure.  I 
never use it, because I'm too damn lazy, and because I now use ssh which 
does an end run around the whole issue by taking care of the xauth stuff 
for you. :)
     
And, BTW, ssh ROCKS!
     
see http://www.openssh.com/
     
-- 
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"    "Who watches the watchmen?" 
-Juvenal, Satires, VI, 347 
     
Derek D. Martin      |  Senior UNIX Systems/Network Administrator 
Arris Interactive    |  A Nortel Company
derekm at mediaone.net  |  dmartin at ne.arris-i.com 
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