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Subject: Re: No X server access control
From: Michel . Koenen @ asml . nl (Michel Koenen)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 10:44:14 +0200
To: firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM, meritj @ fincen . treas . gov

> I've run SATAN against a couple of boxes and I get "No X server
> access control" - this is bad.  I've logged into that box and
> cleaned out every xhost + I can find - .xinitrc, everything
> in $OPENWINHOME/lib, .xsession, Xsession and anyplace else
> I can find it.  But the scan still comes up with the same
> warning.  I've read through SATAN perl and it is apparently doing
> it - but I don't see how.  Can someone advise me where else this
> ! @
 #$%%^#@ is hiding?
> 
> Jim Meritt
> 

Maybe you start openwin with the  -noauth  option...
Turn it off and hopefully SATAN will not complain anymore...

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