Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 16:32:29 +0900 From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, e.schuele@computer.org Subject: Re: X11 security issues??? Message-ID: <4188898D.6050001@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <41888720.7090301@computer.org> References: <41888720.7090301@computer.org>
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Eric Schuele wrote: > Hello, > > Not sure if this is an FreeBSD, X, or Fluxbox issue... but thought I'd > start on this list. Most likely just misconfiguration on my part. > > When I have X/Fluxbox up and running, I can press Ctrl+Alt+<function-key> > and get to any other ttyv. This is annoying to begin with but since > they prompt for pwds... not catastrophic. However, F1 takes you to the > ttyv I'm logged in to and this gives you the opportunity to Ctrl-C my X > session... leaving you standing in my shell! How do you start your X session? It seems like you log in via one of the text terminals (ttyv0) and then start X with the 'startx' command. Why don't you use xdm with X login instead? (I suppose you understand this, otherwise you may need some more guidance on how to set up X). Rob.
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