On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 01:36:39PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > Never use it myself, but I've been told that `xhost +name` is > equivalent to `xhost + name`, granting universal access. Even if > that's not correct, it makes sense to leave out the +, since that > makes for less typing and less concern over typos (wouldn't want to > get an unintentional space after the +...). Haven't used it myself much in years, but the symmetry (and legibility) of "xhost +host" and "xhost -host" is nice. And I just tested it - "xhost + localhost" only grants access to the localhost, so the typo would be safe. -- Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List (TCLUG) crumley at fields.space.umn.edu |Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ Never laugh at live dragons |Dmitry's free,Jon's next? http://faircopyright.org _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list