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Re: Possible to use clipboard with remote/xdm connection?
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Chris Green wrote:
> The "start /B xhost 127.0.0.1" and the "start /B xwinclip" both fail
> because they haven't got permission to access display 127.0.0.1:0.0.
>
> How on earth can one set this permission if xhost can't be run?
create a file /etc/X0.hosts and add all hosts which should have access
to the xserver.
> The xterm one is running in has permission to display so why can't
> xhost and xwinterm display there too?
Which xterm? The one from linux has permission because you started it
from the xdm session. The one from windows has no permission because
someone might have logged on the the windows host and started it from
there. This is a simple security issue.
bye
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