Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Problem running ethereal

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From: Brad Hards <bhards@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 07:33:38 +1000
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On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 19:48 pm, Liam Whalen wrote:
> > On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 13:24 pm, Liam Whalen wrote:
> > > I have downloaded and built ethereal 0.9.13 but whenever I try to run
> > > it I get this error
> > >
> > > bash-2.04# ./ethereal
> > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > > Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
> > If you do "xhost +localhost", does it work?
>
> Yes it does thankyou
Note that this statement is a potential security problem - you are allowing 
anyone on that machine to control your desktop. That may not be a problem 
(eg. if you are the only one who has an account), but you should at least 
read the man pages for xhost and Xsecurity.

Brad
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