On Thu, 22 Aug 1996, Thomas Koenig wrote:
> I would suggest adding a line like
>
> xauth add :0 . `dd if=/dev/urandom count=1 bs=16 | md5sum`
util-linux 2.5-5, includes mcookie, a small c program which does this,
so the line should really be:
xauth add :0 . `mcookie`
Incidentally, mcookie trie
I wrote:
> xauth add :0 . `dd if=/dev/urandom count=1 bs=16 | md5sum`
This is an incomplete fix to the problem; the serverargs also need
to be set:
serverargs="-auth $HOME/.Xauthority"
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Thomas Koenig, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a
Package: xbase
Version: 3.1.2-9
The startx script does not initialize the X Magic Cookies when
X is started up. This can be a significant security hole.
I would suggest adding a line like
xauth add :0 . `dd if=/dev/urandom count=1 bs=16 | md5sum`
to startx (ok, so md5sum is merely the fastest
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