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Re: Questions on xhost, local display, etc.
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com, chris dot green at isbd dot co dot uk
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:45:33 +0100 (MET)
- Subject: Re: Questions on xhost, local display, etc.
- References: <20040312103349.GA10358@areti.co.uk>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Chris Green wrote:
> Is it possible to run any of the cygwin/X programs that require to
> display something other than in the console window without running a
> local X server of some sort? If it isn't possible with the default
> set up is there any workaround? It would be good for example to be
> able to run GUI editor windows (e.g. xvile for cygwin) without having
> to run an X desktop.
Not really. gvim does such a thing. It has a fallback to tty if X11 is
failing. But it must be prepared in the program.
>
> I have looked back in the mailing list archives at the earlier thread
> and reminded myself how I eventually overcame the 'catch 22' problem
> of not being able to run xhost because it wanted permission to write
> on the display which needed xhost to run to allow it to. Is the
> /etc/X0.hosts file format described or documented anywhere?
It is referenced in man xhost. But the format is quite simple. One
allowed host per line.
> it would be good to have this in the FAQ at least because it's a
> lifesaver!
I will not put this to the faq since its a big security hole and should
only be used if there is no other way.
bye
ago
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