SUMMARY (bis):xhost permissions (followup)

From: Dave Dittrich <dittrich_at_cac.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 14:32:16 -0800 (PST)

> >> So: how can I define permanent permissions for remote machines?
>
> >
> >You can put "xhost +" or "xhost +machine-name" in your .login or
> >.cshrc, if you are using csh.
> >
>
> Thanks to: Sherry sherry_at_cps.msu.edu
>
> Jean-Loup

If you are really going to take this advice and put "xhost +" in your
.cshrc file, then you might as well just shout to everyone who
receives this list mail, "I am going to let you see EVERY keystroke I
type from now on."

If I were you, I would take a few minutes to read, "Volume 8: X Window
System Adminstrator's Guide", by O'Rielly & Associates (ISBN
0-937175-83-8) in the chapter on Security, and see how X security
works and find a way to use "xauth" style access control instead.
This keeps you safe(r) in that only you can open X clients on your X
terminal/workstation.

-- 
Dave Dittrich                  Client Services
dittrich_at_cac.washington.edu    Computing & Communications
                               University of Washington
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Received on Wed Mar 08 1995 - 17:32:52 NZDT

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