4.1.1-RELEASE does not have directory ports/x11-toolkits/tk ~jhs/public_html/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/ports/jhs/x11 tk/patches/patch-za & similar linked: tk41/patches/patch-za tk42/patches/patch-za tk80/patches/patch-za --------- Gary J, ( CC ports@_ERASE_freebsd in case anyone else will benefit from this ) Re. my exmh recently failing to fork xterms to run vi (with ~/.exmh-defaults: *editCmd: exmh-async xterm -g 80x40 -e /usr/bin/vi ) Thanks for your guidance :-) I have now added to my local tree a ~/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/ports/jhs/x11/tk/patches/patch-za with *** Makefile.in Sun Sep 10 17:20:16 1995 --- Makefile.in Sun Sep 10 17:21:24 1995 *************** *** 87,94 **** # To turn off the security checks that disallow incoming sends when # the X server appears to be insecure, reverse the comments on the # following lines: ! SECURITY_FLAGS = ! #SECURITY_FLAGS = -DTK_NO_SECURITY # To disable ANSI-C procedure prototypes reverse the comment characters # on the following lines: --- 87,94 ---- # To turn off the security checks that disallow incoming sends when # the X server appears to be insecure, reverse the comments on the # following lines: ! #SECURITY_FLAGS = ! SECURITY_FLAGS = -DTK_NO_SECURITY # To disable ANSI-C procedure prototypes reverse the comment characters # on the following lines: It works like it used to again now, thanks :-) Julian S jhs@ ------------- To: jhs@ Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 22:00:01 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: gj@_ERASE_vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de, ports@_ERASE_freebsd.org jhs wrote: > ! #SECURITY_FLAGS = > ! SECURITY_FLAGS = -DTK_NO_SECURITY > > # To disable ANSI-C procedure prototypes reverse the comment characters > # on the following lines: > > It works like it used to again now, thanks :-) Why don't you just start the server with -auth ? exmh is just saying you're using xhost-based auth. which is weak where you should use xauth-based one. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@_ERASE_keltia.frmug.fr.net FreeBSD keltia.Freenix.FR 2.2-CURRENT #0: Sat Sep 9 17:49:09 MET DST 1995