From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 17 9:13:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9769D37B401 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:13:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DE1C43E6A for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:13:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9HGDeKg091407; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 17:13:40 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9HGDZ8q091406; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 17:13:35 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 17:13:35 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Thanos Tsouanas Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X problems, please advise helpless newbie Message-ID: <20021017161335.GA91257@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Thanos Tsouanas , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20021017152528.308.qmail@web13501.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021017152528.308.qmail@web13501.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-9.9 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.41 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 08:25:27AM -0700, Thanos Tsouanas wrote: > comment out the line that starts xdm -nodaemon > and add a similar one to start the XFree86 > > sth like > > ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86" xterm on secure > > this shud result in X starting every time you start your system with the X-mouse screen and the > pixel-chessboard background. Whoa! Bad karma. Doing this will result in an X session running as root which anyone can just walk up to your machine and use. You really, really don't want to do that. Honestly, this is exactly why xdm(1) exists. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message