[lug] Annoying new behavior in RedHat/Krud 7.2

Elyse Grasso emgrasso at data-raptors.com
Wed Nov 28 13:43:23 MST 2001


Thanks everyone. 

I'd still like to know why the upgrade changed settings that were working.... 
haven't had time to check the logs and /etc/changes in detail yet.

On Wednesday 28 November 2001 11:38 am, you wrote:
> > the least secure thing to do (and this is a BAD BAD IDEA, but if
> > you're not actually connected to the net, it might still work) is to
> > just allow "xhost +" as your normal user, then "su -".  this is a
> > super bad idea, however.
> 
> slightly more secure (but not much) is to do an xhost +localhost before
> su'ing.
> 
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