[ILUG] Disabling access control for X upon startup

[Conor Wynne]

> 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).

Ah yes, of course.


> 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

Thats what I was wondering about, its one of my customer, and it was
Oracle saying this. I questioned why but didn't get an answer.


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

I'll let them know that ;-0

>
> regards,
> --
> Paul Jakma	paul at clubi.ie	paul at jakma.org	Key ID:

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Conor Wynne,
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