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Kevin Cosgrove | 19 Nov 2009 05:12
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remote exmh from Mandriva 2010.0 X session


As usual I started exmh on a remote host via ssh.  This was on a 
freshly installed Mandriva 2010.0 system.  I got the error:

  BgRegister X server insecure (must use xauth-style authorization)

'xhost' showed that localhost was allowed insecure access to the X 
server.  The source of this was in /etc/X11/xinit.d/msec which 
contains this on my system

  /usr/bin/xhost + localhost

I changed the "+" to a "-" and the problem went away.  But, an hour 
later the "-" changed back to a "+".

Does anyone know how to stop the reverting of the xhost command 
option in that file?

Thanks....

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Kevin Cosgrove | 19 Nov 2009 08:16
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Re: remote exmh from Mandriva 2010.0 X session


On 18 November 2009 at 20:12, Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc <at> cosgroves.us> wrote:

> As usual I started exmh on a remote host via ssh.  This was on a 
> freshly installed Mandriva 2010.0 system.  I got the error:
> 
>   BgRegister X server insecure (must use xauth-style authorization)
> 
> 'xhost' showed that localhost was allowed insecure access to the X 
> server.  The source of this was in /etc/X11/xinit.d/msec which 
> contains this on my system
> 
>   /usr/bin/xhost + localhost
> 
> I changed the "+" to a "-" and the problem went away.  But, an hour 
> later the "-" changed back to a "+".
> 
> Does anyone know how to stop the reverting of the xhost command 
> option in that file?
> 
> Thanks....

I might have figured it out.  ALLOW_X_CONNECTIONS in
/etc/security/msec/{level.secure|level.standard|security.conf}
can be set to {yes|no|local}.  For the standard security level
this is set to "local".  I changed it to "no" using Mandriva's
system admin GUI (mcc) in the Security section.

I hope it works permanently and doesn't break anything else.
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Emile CARCAMO | 19 Nov 2009 08:27
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Re: remote exmh from Mandriva 2010.0 X session


> 
> As usual I started exmh on a remote host via ssh.  This was on a 
> freshly installed Mandriva 2010.0 system.  I got the error:
> 
>   BgRegister X server insecure (must use xauth-style authorization)
> 
> 'xhost' showed that localhost was allowed insecure access to the X 
> server.  The source of this was in /etc/X11/xinit.d/msec which 
> contains this on my system
> 
>   /usr/bin/xhost + localhost
> 
> I changed the "+" to a "-" and the problem went away.  But, an hour 
> later the "-" changed back to a "+".
> 
> Does anyone know how to stop the reverting of the xhost command 
> option in that file?
> 

Hello Kevin,

	This error message remins me somehow what we get when tk is
	compiled without option TK_NO_SECURITY on the Linux/Unix box,
	but this is just a guess ...

	Anyway it's maybe documented in the FAQ ( see Help -> FAQ )
	Best regards,

-Émile
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Kevin Cosgrove | 19 Nov 2009 08:57
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Re: remote exmh from Mandriva 2010.0 X session


On 19 November 2009 at 8:27, Emile CARCAMO <ecarcamo <at> free.fr> wrote:

> > As usual I started exmh on a remote host via ssh.  This was on a 
> > freshly installed Mandriva 2010.0 system.  I got the error:
> > 
> >   BgRegister X server insecure (must use xauth-style authorization)
> > 
> > 'xhost' showed that localhost was allowed insecure access to the X 
> > server.  The source of this was in /etc/X11/xinit.d/msec which 
> > contains this on my system
> > 
> >   /usr/bin/xhost + localhost
> > 
> > I changed the "+" to a "-" and the problem went away.  But, an hour 
> > later the "-" changed back to a "+".
> > 
> > Does anyone know how to stop the reverting of the xhost command 
> > option in that file?
> > 
> 
> Hello Kevin,
> 
> 	This error message remins me somehow what we get when tk is
> 	compiled without option TK_NO_SECURITY on the Linux/Unix box,
> 	but this is just a guess ...
> 
> 	Anyway it's maybe documented in the FAQ ( see Help -> FAQ )
> 	Best regards,
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Anne Possoz | 19 Nov 2009 13:22
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Re: remote exmh from Mandriva 2010.0 X session

Hello Kevin,

> As usual I started exmh on a remote host via ssh.

Much faster than exmh through ssh is using NX. After switching
from pure ssh to nx over ssh, I have now a very rapide UI.
And at the same time, all xhost troubles would be solved.

Far from your question, but I was so happy after that switch...

					Anne
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Kevin Cosgrove | 20 Nov 2009 07:06
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Re: remote exmh from Mandriva 2010.0 X session


On 19 November 2009 at 13:22, Anne Possoz <anne.possoz <at> epfl.ch> wrote:

> Hello Kevin,
> 
> > As usual I started exmh on a remote host via ssh.
> 
> Much faster than exmh through ssh is using NX. After switching
> from pure ssh to nx over ssh, I have now a very rapide UI.
> And at the same time, all xhost troubles would be solved.
> 
> Far from your question, but I was so happy after that switch...

I've used NX too.  But, I only use it for applications which require 
it, and then only when required.  I like a lot about it.  But, it 
reduces the amount of screen useful to me.

It looks like the reconfiguration of msec on my system to disallow 
unauthenticated X sessions, even local ones, was enough to solve the 
problem.

Thanks Anne!

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Reg Clemens | 29 Nov 2009 09:24

Went to 64bit/Fc11, EXMH no longer spellchecking.

Well, the Subject line says it all, I have gone from 32bit/Fedora6
to a 64bit/Fedora11, and I have most things working.

One of the things that ISNT working, and one that I dont understand,
os that SPELL CHECKING in EXMH has stopped working.  As far as I can
tell, all of EXMH was out on /usr/local, which means the new OS is 
mounting exactly what I saw under Fc6, and I see spell, ispell and
aspell all in /usr/bin, so that hasnt changed.  And spell checking
is turned on in the EXMH Preferences.

Is there some way to get EXMH to tell me what its doing, and why
its not doing spell checking,-  I really need spell checking...
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                                        reg <at> dwf.com
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Emile CARCAMO | 29 Nov 2009 09:39
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Re: Went to 64bit/Fc11, EXMH no longer spellchecking.


> Well, the Subject line says it all, I have gone from 32bit/Fedora6
> to a 64bit/Fedora11, and I have most things working.
> 
> One of the things that ISNT working, and one that I dont understand,
> os that SPELL CHECKING in EXMH has stopped working.  As far as I can
> tell, all of EXMH was out on /usr/local, which means the new OS is 
> mounting exactly what I saw under Fc6, and I see spell, ispell and
> aspell all in /usr/bin, so that hasnt changed.  And spell checking
> is turned on in the EXMH Preferences.
> 
> Is there some way to get EXMH to tell me what its doing, and why
> its not doing spell checking,-  I really need spell checking...
> -- 
>                                         Reg.Clemens
>                                         reg <at> dwf.com
> 

Hi Reg,

	I'm running exmh 2.7.2 01/07/2005 on Fedora12 install. All the
	specific exmh stuff goes under /usr/local/exmh/{lib,bin}. BTW,
	french spellchecking is working fine for me !! Here's my setup
	and which RPMs that are required IMHO :

<satp20832.wifi>[emile]<112>uname -a 
Linux satp20832.wifi 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:41:45 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
<satp20832.wifi>[emile]<113>grep -i spell .exmh/exmh-defaults
*seditSpell:	spell
*spellCmd:	exmh-async xterm -e ispell
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Reg Clemens | 29 Nov 2009 09:46

How to pull all of EXMH from the CVS repository?

The EXMH web page on sourceforge gives a couple of CVS commands to
pull the code, but there is the question of what is the module name
to get the entire code?

They show

    cvs -d:pserver:anonymous <at> exmh.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/exmh login 
followed by
    cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous <at> exmh.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/exmh co -P 
<modulename>

I tried without the -P <modulename>, which I thought was the way to checkout
the entire code, but that returns an error.

The real question here is that I ASSUME that there is some new code in the
CVS repository beyond what was released in 2.7.2, and I would like to look
at it.
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Emile CARCAMO | 29 Nov 2009 14:18
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Browsing/retreiving exmh CVS repository...


Hi again,

	Here's some help for Reg to download the 2.7.2 version.
	First of all execute following command :

   cvs -d:pserver:anonymous <at> exmh.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/exmh login

		simply type RETURN, then do :

   cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous <at> exmh.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/exmh co -P exmh

	You'll get a local directory called "exmh" as a result.
	With best regards,

-Émile
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