[lug] Annoying new behavior in RedHat/Krud 7.2

[Hugh Brown]

It's a feature (I'm guessing).  Probably an effort by RH to deliver a
more secure environment.

On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 15:43, Elyse Grasso wrote:
> 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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