I observed that u r right about the listening matter, but the man page for x or xinit states that the default setting is nolisten. As I recall that is the default behavior in the case that no configuration file is found!
Petrisor Eddy Marian > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Griswold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 3:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Servers with X. > > You are correct. I was confused. Red Hat ships with the X server > listening on port 6000. Thanks for the correction, I can now stop > setting this on Debian servers. > > >>> Petrisor Marian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/19/03 07:45AM >>> > This is the default setting for X (no listen) > > Petrisor Eddy Marian > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Doug Griswold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 2:43 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Servers with X. > > > > You can use the "-nolisten tcp" in /usr/X11R6/bin/startx in > > defaultserverargs="-nolisten tcp" this should keep X from listening > on > > port 6000. > > > > >>> Thomas Lamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/19/03 01:41AM >>> > > 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 the > > > impression > > > > X 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 > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
