X11 forwards and libwrap support

Nicolas Williams Nicolas.Williams at ubsw.com
Thu Nov 15 03:40:53 EST 2001


On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 05:27:29PM +0100, Markus Friedl wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 11:08:04AM -0500, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > Hmmm, is it because .Xauthority files are stored in home directories
> > shared across multiple hosts?
> 
> have you tried this?

Hmmm, not with localhost:*.

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

Yes. I see. "SecurityBadAuthorizationProtocol  (invalid authorization name or data)"

Sigh,

Nico
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