Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:54:53 -0800 From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why must X open TCP by default? Message-ID: <4d19e06d7d2c32801a10011cbd46e2e7@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <CAKFCL4U_i1t-NQB6tXsmiSPUHi0AgPB2zO1AtM4wb41VvkmdhQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <e703d257971642a10c95ef53dc9ea4f4@ultimatedns.net> <CAOjFWZ4q=AKxuA_RH_KCGz4wrTTcMr%2B_VVjYxbZ6ayQTN1pfxQ@mail.gmail.com> <38daa5ebf8d9d06b5595ff8da54cc18c@ultimatedns.net>, <CAKFCL4U_i1t-NQB6tXsmiSPUHi0AgPB2zO1AtM4wb41VvkmdhQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 2 Mar 2016 15:59:57 -0500 Brandon Allbery <allbery.b@gmail.com> wrote > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Check 'man 7 Xserver' to verify the option needed. You might also have to > check the xserverrc file (I don't recall where it is offhand and can't > really check right now, but startx is a shell script and the default > xserverrc will be set near the top) to see if it is overriding the option. > In that case you could copy the xserverrc to ~/.xserverrc (make sure it's > chmod +x) and edit that copy to force nolisten tcp, or for multiple users > you'd edit the master xserverrc but may need to remember to re-edit after > system updates. > Thanks for the pointers Brandon. I had already consulted them, but (as with your clarification) I glossed over it all a bit too quickly. I saw the difference as: -nolisten && --nolisten rather than as intended: -- -nolisten Once I discovered that, the command worked as intended. OTOH I was unable to discover a way to make the -nolisten option GLOBAL. eg; Xorg will *never* listen on a tcp port. While I could have edited /usr/local/etx/X11/xinit/xinitrc I didn't want to alter it, lest upgrading refuse to update it with the newer version. So I simply created an ~/startx file containing: #!/bin/sh - /usr/local/bin/startx -- -nolisten tcp exit which seems to get the job done, and allow me to be lazy at the CLI. :-) Thanks again, to both you, and Freddie for taking the time to respond with such useful info! --Chris
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