Permissions: xhost +

[Matthew Carpenter]

Collins Richey wrote:

>On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 22:08:31 -0500
>edj <ejbr at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>On Sunday 25 January 2004 06:54 pm, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
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>>>Please use "xhost localhost" as this only allows local processes
>>>access to the screen...
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>>"xhost +localhost" never worked for me.  It returns:
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>>localhost being added to access control list
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>>But, upon "su" to root,I always get something like:
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>>Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>>Xlib: No protocol specified
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>Works for me.  Wonder what is different?
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I don't use a + at all.  Just "xhost localhost"  You typed "xhost 
+localhost"
Perhaps it is looking for a system named "+localhost"?