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On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 02:53:00PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > $ xterm > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0 > > > W.T.F? You have lost the authorisation to create new X sessions on the local > server. Hateful thing. > > Bad Apple - clearly no (valid magic) cookie. xauth is your friend. No, that's a lie. xauth is a complete fucker. Couldn't X have just checked that you are in fact the same user as is running the server? Not over the network, obviously, but can't be too hard when you're on the same machine, and the client is fiddling with your shared memory. -- --- Geoff Richards -------------><-------------- http://ungwe.org/ --- "I tried to fling my shadow at the moon, The while my blood leapt with a wordless song." -- Theodore Roethke
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