X11 forwards and libwrap support

[Nicolas Williams]

On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 04:51:14PM +0100, Markus Friedl wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 05:35:21PM +0200, Osmo Paananen wrote:
> > Another question: is it requirement that the forwarded X11 port is
> > bound to * instead of specific interface? 
> 
> xauth does not like DISPLAY=localhost:x.y

Hmmm, is it because .Xauthority files are stored in home directories
shared across multiple hosts?

If so, why not mkstemp() a new .Xauthority file, shove the cookie there
and set XAUTHORITY to point to it?

Nico
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