You can increase user security by protecting against the threat of unauthorized clients accessing the X Server.
In the
Custom Setup dialog box, select
Admin Security, click
Next. In the
AdminSecurity dialog that appears, create password protection and provide the location of the files with the general security settings for X Server host access (by default, this option is not selected).
Enter the following data:
- Enable password protection
- Select this option if you want password protection. By default, there is no password protection. This means that the user change the security settings. If you enable password protection, the user is asked to enter a password when changing security settings.
If you select this option, you must enter a password and a file containing the password.
- Password
- Enter the password to protect host access
- Confirm
- Enter the same password you entered in the password field.
- Password file
- Enter (or browse for) the full path of the file where the password should be stored. The password file must be in a shared folder accessible to all users.
- Use host access control file for default server
- Select this option if you want to display the default server property sheet with
Use host access control file selected. In the box below the option, enter the path for the host access file you want to be listed in X Control Panel. After you select this option, the two protection options become available.
- Protect browsing for host access control file
- Select this option to enable password protection when browsing for the host access control file. If you enable password protection, the user is asked to enter a password after clicking
Browse.
- Protect editing of host access control file
- Select this option to enable password protection when editing the host access control file. If you enable password protection, the user is asked to enter a password after clicking
Edit.
