Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:32:18 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: flux <flux@hotbox.ru>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: login by using XFree86... Message-ID: <200312222032.18024.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <1015329605.20031222121250@hotbox.ru> References: <1015329605.20031222121250@hotbox.ru>
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 06:42, flux wrote: > Is there any possibility to perform system login from XFree, not from > console in FreeBSD? What do you mean by 'system login'. If you start 'xdm' at boot time you can then login as a user through an=20 X login window. (Often started via /etc/ttys) You can even login as 'root' the privileged user this way but it is highl= y=20 discouraged -- it is considered insecure and also you can end up with a l= ot of junk in your root disk partition. Malcolm Kay
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