[NCLUG] Two easy? security questions...

Martin Gelfand gelfand at lamar.ColoState.EDU
Thu Sep 7 08:31:25 MDT 2000


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> 
> X can be told not to listen for TCP connections.  Add a '-nolisten
> tcp' to the X server's command line.  If you want connections from
> remote hosts, this does screw up the usual 'xproggie -display
> myremotexserver:0' approach, but ssh serves nicely instead.
> 
> Aaron
> --

Where should one add the "-nolisten tcp" flag if
X is being started "automagically" (eg, runlevel 5 on a RH-like
system)?  

Thanks in advance,
Marty Gelfand
Dept of Physics, CSU



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