Re: xhost and shot screen

From: Alan Coopersmith (alanc_at_alum.calberkeley.org)
Date: 04/30/03 

Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:43:24 +0000 (UTC)

"cljlk" <cljlk@hotmail.com> writes in comp.sys.sun.admin:
|I set xhost + on the server, and got the follow messages:
|> xhost +
|access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
|xhost: must be on local machine to enable or disable access control.

The second line is an error message telling you the xhost failed and
what you need to do to make it work. 

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Alan Coopersmith                              alanc@alum.calberkeley.org
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