Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2016 12:56:48 -0800 From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why must X open TCP by default? Message-ID: <38daa5ebf8d9d06b5595ff8da54cc18c@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <CAOjFWZ4q=AKxuA_RH_KCGz4wrTTcMr%2B_VVjYxbZ6ayQTN1pfxQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <e703d257971642a10c95ef53dc9ea4f4@ultimatedns.net>, <CAOjFWZ4q=AKxuA_RH_KCGz4wrTTcMr%2B_VVjYxbZ6ayQTN1pfxQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 2 Mar 2016 12:44:18 -0800 Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > This is regarding 9-STABLE. All of the 9-STABLE boxes > > that have Xorg installed, and running on them, insist on > > opening TCP port 6000; as reported by sockstat(1) > > > > Xorg 1295 1 tcp6 *:6000 *:* > > Xorg 1295 3 tcp4 *:6000 *:* > > > > I see that the (current(ish)) documentation indicates > > that this option is off, by default, and can be enabled > > by passing -listen_tcp to startx(1). This seems to hold > > true, as all of my -CURRENT boxes do not show port 6000 > > as being open while X is running. So my question is; > > how can I prevent X from opening tcp ports? > > I attempted; > > startx -nolisten tcp > > > > Does the following work (note the extra -- in the command)? > > startx -- -nolisten tcp Hello, Freddie. Good catch, by both you, and Brandon. I just tried it. But sockstat(1) still reports 6000 being open. Closing the X server, and session, reveal that 6000 is no longer open. Bummer. Thanks to both of you for the fast, and informative reply! --Chris
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