xhost + (was: Another reason to prefer a real root over sudo)

[Chris G]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 08:03:17PM +0000, Paul Sladen wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2009, Chris G wrote:
> >     xhost +
> 
> Running 'xhost +' allows anyone, on any machine, on any network.
> 
> It's like leaving all the doors and windows open just in case your
> mate turns up.  The better option would be to have the owner leave a copy of
> the keys for your mate at a trusted location.  (A copy of the .Xauthority).
> 
Since in my case (and I suspect many/most of the Ubuntu installations
we're talking about here) it's on a home LAN on a private address
subnet behind a NAT router that hardly matters!  I really don't care
if my wife can 'break into' my machine and vice versa.

-- 
Chris Green