Hi, I must also need some minimal X packages on the Host machine as currently the 'xhost' binary is not even there. I'm just searching around now. I see there is and 'xbase-client' but no 'xbase-server' packages. I must have to install X-something on the host/server box so I can at least use 'xhost'. I set this machine up more than 18 months ago with as minimal a set up as I could at that time. Just a base install with C compilers so I could compile PostgreSQL no X stuff whatsoever. Thanks. Kind regards Rudi. Thomas Lamy wrote: Jeff Waugh wrote:On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 09:28, Rudi Starcevic wrote:Is it bad practise to use X on your Debian ISP/Hosting machines ? Here I have 4 boxes all without X. I've always been of theimpressionX on servers was not good.It's not a terrible thing to do, unless you forget to correctly firewall your machines. :-)[...]You don't need to install an X server on the local machine to use it. If you install the tcl app, and ssh to the box using X forwarding (-X), you can display the program on your own local X server. [ desktop ] --> [ firewall ] --> [ db-server ] X server ssh ssh no X server Fully encrypted, secure access to X software on your db-server, without running (or even having) a full X server on the machine. :-)But you need at least xbase-clients (and it's dependants) on your client machine for X authentication and stuff. Beside this, I was under the impression that the default X config is _not_ to listen on public interfaces or TCP sockets (not sure on this one). At least KDE's desktop is by default configured this way. Thomas |
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