Hiroshi SAKURAI wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On 10/5/05, Art Lemasters <develunix@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>   Firefox and thunderbird have been failing to start in new
>>accounts with an error message like the following.
>>
>>   Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>>   Xlib: XDM authorization key matches an existing client!
> 
> 
> I had the same problem on debian sarge.
> 
> I think you should do
>  $ xhost +
> before launching firefox for the first time after installation.

This is absolutely not a solution, and will leave your X server wide 
open to *anyone*, without authentication.

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