On Jun 2, Ed Donovan wrote > > You could just add > > xhost +localhost > > to your .xinitrc file, if you don't have any xhost commands there > already. Jens has suggested "export XAUTHORITY=~paul/.Xauthority"; I > don't immediately know which method would be preferable. The xhost > method would solve this problem for any userid, and wouldn't require > changes to any other config files to automate it. [snip]
... but allows any local user to connect to your X server, spy on your keystrokes and generally wreak havoc on your machine if they feel like it. So it's a very bad idea Setting XAUTHORITY (or copying the .Xauthority file) is better. Assuming nobody can snoop on the file while it is being copied, your machine is just as secure as it was before... only users who have the proper .Xauthority file can connect to the X server. (I've made myself a tiny alias called 'sysadmin' which copies the .Xauthority file to root's account and then spawns an xterm with "su - root". Works like a charm.) Christian
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