[ILUG] Disabling access control for X upon startup

[Paul Jakma]

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Conor Wynne wrote:

> I need to disable X access controls when changing runlevels/boting etc.

Why???

Anyway, to answer your question, you could start the X server with 
-ac. (edit /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf or else xdm.conf).

Note the security implications btw (same as xhost +). You really dont 
want to do this on multi-user networks, especially if there are users 
like me on it who enjoy running:

 	while true ; do
 		xmessage -display $YOURDISPLAY:0.0 "xhost+ is a bad idea"
 	done

Note that xhost+ / disabling X access will also allow anyone with 
access to your X server to *silently* snoop all your keystrokes.

regards,
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