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From: andrew@resam.dk (Leif Andrew Rump)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: xauth - what does it actually do (in connection with remote servers)?
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.104418.3761@resam.dk>
Date: 27 Mar 91 10:44:18 GMT
Organization: RESAM Project Office, SAS, CPHML-V
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Hello World

I'm been using xhost for a long time and recently I realised that xhost +
is the same as "leaving your Porche in <main US city> with its motor on"
as one netter put it! He & other discussed xauth which sounded like the
answer to mine & a lot of others (sleep) problem - but what does it do?

I realised that my .Xauthority already contained a lot of information
about the servers I've been connected to:

cphxd3:0  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1  05<lots and lots of nibbles>ac
cphxd3/unix:0  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1  0<lots and lots of nibbles>ac
cphmlsk:0  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1  5<lots and lots of nibbles>e1
cphmlsk/unix:0  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1  5<lots and lots of nibbles>e1
...

I thought I was able to give permanent access to servers with xauth
but it seems like I've misunderstood something - what does it do? And
is it possible to give other users/server permanent permission to
open windows on my screen?

Leif Andrew


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