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[Bodo Bellut <430697@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, XAUTH is needed but we're talking about XHOST that's causing
problems. Causing problems not only with exmh but each and every Tk
application using the send function to communicate with its child
windows.

>From the Tk send man page:

"In order to provide at least a small amount of security, Tk checks the
access control being used by the server and rejects incoming sends
unless (a) xhost-style access control is enabled (i.e. only certain
hosts can establish connections) and (b) the list of enabled hosts is
empty. This means that applications cannot connect to your server unless
they use some other form of authorization such as that provide by
xauth."

So this bug is still valid as for some reasons there are entried added
into the XHOST list which aren't necessary in any way, in fact, all
systems I'm using run fine with an empty XHOST list since XAUTH has been
invented some ten years ago.

** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => Confirmed

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  exmh-bg dying, becoming a zombie

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