Xlib: connection to "a217447d.abc.com:0.0" refused by server

[J S]

Thanks Alex, that's fixed it!

>On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, J S wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I'm doing
> >
> > xwin&
> > xhost +&
> >
> > Then, after setting my DISPLAY, running xclock.
> > However if I run the window manager the xclock is displayed.
>
>This is a known problem. After the the client disconnects from the server,
>it is reset. Since xhost the only client, the xserver will right after 
>xhost
>finished reset again and also reset the xhost settings. You can avoid this
>by always having another client connected (eg a local window manager, or
>a xterm) and then do host +. Or you can switch off the accesscontrol at
>startup by adding the "-ac" parameter to the XWin commandline.
>
>Security note:
>I do not recomend xhost + and the -ac parameter since they completely turn 
>off
>the access control. Anybody on the network is then able to connect to your
>Xserver and may run programs which trace all keyboard input (think of 
>secret
>passwords).
>The much better solution is starting a local ssh client with X-Forwarding
>DISPLAY=127.0.0.1 ssh -X remotehost
>and use the _encrypted_ X11 tunnel of ssh. ssh will do all things needed 
>for
>correct access control
>
>bye
>	ago


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