xhost and Major opcode of failed request: 109 (X_ChangeHosts)

[Jeremy C. Reed]

I have seen this on many lists but haven't found the explanation or
answer.

If doing "xhost +user@", you may get something like:

user@ (unix.0@(none)) being added to access control list
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for
operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 109 (X_ChangeHosts)
Value in failed request: 0xfe
Serial number of failed request: 7
Current serial number in output stream: 9

I have read about this going back over 16 years.

Where is this documented?

What can be added to the xhost.man to better explain this?

If this has been already covered, please point me to it.

Thanks,

Jeremy C. Reed

[Jamey Sharp]

Post by Jeremy C. Reed
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for
operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 109 (X_ChangeHosts)
Value in failed request: 0xfe

I don't know anything about this, but I can read source code. It looks
to me like your server is not built with SECURE_RPC support, so
attempting to add a FamilyNetname (0xfe) host fails.

--Jamey