Glynn Clements schrieb: > [email protected] wrote: > >> On multiseat/multi-users system there are multiple users logged in via >> gdm.Problem is that a user can start programs or take over a display >> from another user.How to prevent this?I have read about >> mit-magic-cookie but did not found a howto. > > Use user-based ("xauth") access control rather than host-based ("xhost"). > > This should be the default if the server is started by a display > manager, unless you explicitly allow host-based access via xhost > (which you shouldn't do for a multi-user system). > > I can't comment on GDM specifically (I don't use it, and the > documenation is silent on this issue), but it's possible that either > GDM or the default startup scripts perform the equivalent of > "xhost +local:" or "xhost +inet:localhost". >
i do not understand the problem. how do you connect to the server ? Normaly each user should have a separate session or uses every user the same login ? the most easy way is to use "X :0 -query server" and become an X11-Terminal. The other way is the login using ssh -X host and export the gfx. re, wh _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
