- snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd),
- "%s %s%s list %s 2>" _PATH_DEVNULL,
- xauth_path,
- generated ? "-f " : "" ,
- generated ? xauthfile : "",
- display);
- debug2("x11_get_proto: %s", cmd);
- f = popen(cmd, "r");
- if (f && fgets(line, sizeof(line), f) &&
- sscanf(line, "%*s %511s %511s", proto, data) == 2)
- got_data = 1;
- if (f)
- pclose(f);
+
+ /*
+ * When in untrusted mode, we read the cookie only if it was
+ * successfully generated as an untrusted one in the step
+ * above.
+ */
+ if (trusted || generated) {
+ snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd),
+ "%s %s%s list %s 2>" _PATH_DEVNULL,
+ xauth_path,
+ generated ? "-f " : "" ,
+ generated ? xauthfile : "",
+ display);
+ debug2("x11_get_proto: %s", cmd);
+ f = popen(cmd, "r");
+ if (f && fgets(line, sizeof(line), f) &&
+ sscanf(line, "%*s %511s %511s", proto, data) == 2)
+ got_data = 1;
+ if (f)
+ pclose(f);
+ } else
+ error("Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: "
+ "xauth key data not generated");