On Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 03:44:51AM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 05:44:19PM +0300, Amos Shapira wrote: > > Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > although I don't understand what it is doing, it is working quite good > > > now. > > > > X11 magic cookies are usually generated when a user logs in, XDM > > copies them to the ~user/.Xauthority file which is supposed to > > be readable only by the user. The server also knows the cookie's > > value. > > > > The idea is that each X11 client which connected to the X server > > proves that he can read your .Xauthority file by sending the cookie (or > > some variation on it, so people can't sniff it from the net). > > Since the cookie is (hopefully) very random there is very little > > chance that an imposter will be able to guess it. > > Ah, I see. If I want to start a client from elsewhere, I have first to copy > the cookie to it, everytime the X server was new started (if I try to > display a remote client on my home station, for example). Thsi I can do with > xauth -extract and -merge (or -add or whatever it is), right?
How about using vnc on ssh? Then you wouldn't have to deal with xauth. I believe there are some examples in the ssh documentation. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Next Level Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
