From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 14 15:14:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA25690 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:14:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA25649 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:14:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA21458; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:13:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:13:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Sheldon Hearn cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Default to starting xdm from /etc/ttys? In-Reply-To: <18094.903079223@iafrica.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > | ttyv3 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > > This worries me, because the FreeBSD 2.X FAQ supplied on the same system > says: > > | 9.6 How do I start XDM from the /etc/ttys file ? > | > | Starting xdm via /etc/ttys is a Bad Thing. I don't know why this > | crept into some README file. > I would like some feedback as to the reasoning behind the FAQ's > comments and any possible reasons that this has crept into /etc/ttys > regardless of the warning. Perhaps something changed in terms of > what is and isn't kosher? It's a religious issue. It works one way on some systems and other ways on others. We just had a big argument about this, see the mail archives. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message