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xhost recommendation
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Simon Josefsson |
Subject: |
xhost recommendation |
Date: |
Fri, 26 Jul 2002 18:31:58 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.2 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) |
bash-2.05b$ DISPLAY=foo emacs
emacs: Cannot connect to X server foo.
Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'.
Also use the `xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit
connections from your machine.
bash-2.05b$
"xhost" is a poor recomendation, it is insecure, especially on
multi-user systems or untrusted networks.
I suggest something like the below. Opinions?
--- xfns.c.~1.554.~ 2002-07-25 20:50:32.000000000 +0200
+++ xfns.c 2002-07-26 18:30:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -5344,8 +5344,9 @@
if (!NILP (must_succeed))
fatal ("Cannot connect to X server %s.\n\
Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'.\n\
-Also use the `xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit\n\
-connections from your machine.\n",
+Also use the `xauth' program to verify that you have the proper
+authoritization information needed to connect the X server.\n\
+An insecure way to solve the problem may be to use `xhost'.\n",
SDATA (display));
else
error ("Cannot connect to X server %s", SDATA (display));
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