On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 04:11:28AM EDT, Foss User wrote: > I installed xserver-xorg like this: > > aptitude install xserver-xorg > > I see two commands have appeared. > > X from xserver-xorg > Xorg from xserver-xorg-core > > What is the difference between the two commands?
For what it's worth: /usr/bin/X is a wrapper that runs setuid root. After doing minimal initialization that requires running setuid root it drops root privileges and exec's the actual Xserver - /usr/bin/Xorg. There may be other reasons, but one thing that comes to mind is that this approach keeps the code that needs to run privileged to a minimum to reduce the risk of security holes. On debian "etch": $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/X x11-common: /usr/bin/X Seems it was packaged differently on the version of debian that you are running. CJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
