Re: X11 security preferences and xhost
Re: X11 security preferences and xhost
- Subject: Re: X11 security preferences and xhost
- From: Jerry Talkington <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 06:45:23 -0800
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On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 07:08:23AM -0500, Ernie Rothman wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I was wondering if anyone on the list knows the answer to I question I
> have concerning the Security Preferences in Apple's X11 app. The
> preferences are "Authenticate connections" and "Allow connections from
> network clients". I was just wondering if these interact somehow with
> xhost. If yes, basically how, and if no, then what exactly do these
> preferences do? The way I normally connect from a network client to
> any system running x11 is via ssh which takes care of x11 forwarding.
I don't know if they use xhost, but "Allow connections from network clients"
is the same as 'xhost +', AFAICT.
> I don't think these preferences have anything to do with ssh.
Correct. If you use ssh, don't turn on "Allow connections from network
clients", and the other has does nothing if that is unchecked.
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