Re: remote exmh from Mandriva 2010.0 X session

On 19 November 2009 at 8:27, Emile CARCAMO <[email protected]> wrote:

> > As usual I started exmh on a remote host via ssh.  This was on a 
> > freshly installed Mandriva 2010.0 system.  I got the error:
> > 
> >   BgRegister X server insecure (must use xauth-style authorization)
> > 
> > 'xhost' showed that localhost was allowed insecure access to the X 
> > server.  The source of this was in /etc/X11/xinit.d/msec which 
> > contains this on my system
> > 
> >   /usr/bin/xhost + localhost
> > 
> > I changed the "+" to a "-" and the problem went away.  But, an hour 
> > later the "-" changed back to a "+".
> > 
> > Does anyone know how to stop the reverting of the xhost command 
> > option in that file?
> > 
> 
> Hello Kevin,
> 
> 	This error message remins me somehow what we get when tk is
> 	compiled without option TK_NO_SECURITY on the Linux/Unix box,
> 	but this is just a guess ...
> 
> 	Anyway it's maybe documented in the FAQ ( see Help -> FAQ )
> 	Best regards,

I think Tk is alright.  The error goes away when xhost says that 
nobody can connect without authentication.  But, the msec file 
repeatedly restored xhost permissions for anyone on the localhost,
and this caused the error message.

Thanks!
 
--
Kevin