Re: Still no X connections after xhost + (FreeBSD 4.8)

From: Andrew Reilly (andrew_at_gurney.reilly.home)
Date: 09/30/03


Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 01:43:17 GMT

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:42:11 -0500, Dave Littell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Even after I type "xhost +", X connection attempts still fail. I'm guessing
> this has something to do with the "new, improved" XFree86 security, which
> is clearly secure enough to keep me from doing what I need to do... ;-)
>
> How do I turn off this stupid X security so I can get on with my work?

I'm sorry, but I haven't seen earlier posts. Are you trying to
get an XDMCP session from an X terminal to a FreeBSD + XFree
box?

You need to comment out the last line
"DisplayManager.requestPort: 0" in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config, otherwise xdm only listens on
a Unix domain socket.

-- 
Andrew


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