Bug 21443 - X11 does not allow localhost in /etc/X0.hosts
Summary: X11 does not allow localhost in /etc/X0.hosts
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: XFree86
Version: 7.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mike A. Harris
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-11-28 18:54 UTC by George Armhold
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:30 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-05-20 23:22:55 UTC
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Description George Armhold 2000-11-28 18:54:39 UTC 
Listing hosts in /etc/X0.hosts allows these hosts to talk to the X server
running on display 0 without further authorization.  This seems to work for
any host I add to that file except the host the X server is actually
running on.  I tried adding "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "LOCAL", my hostname,
my IP addr and my FQHN.  None of them allow access to processes running on
the X server machine.  This type of access is needed for running Java
Servlets, as the AWT routines need to talk to an X server.
Comment 1 Mike A. Harris 2001-05-20 23:22:50 UTC 
How are you initiating these programs? I have no trouble starting programs
on the local host.
Comment 2 Mike A. Harris 2001-07-28 10:44:05 UTC 
Closing bug due to lack of response in reasonable amount of time.
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