Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 09:44:32 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Michael Knoll <knollm@lafcol.lafayette.edu> Cc: Ted Spradley <tsprad@spradley.dyn.ml.org>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X11 and /tmp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971112094036.10724O-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19971112020937.00a15400@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
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On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Michael Knoll wrote: > >Bad Thing. I *hate* that. In defiance, I've been starting xdm by listing it > >in my /etc/ttys file for years with no noticeable ill effect. Can anyone > >tell me *why* it's a Bad Thing? > > Loading XDM like this does not allow network XDM connections. How can I > load it to get both local and network XDM logins. For what its worth, I've never observed this behavior. I've always started xdm in /etc/ttys and frequntly log in from remote X terminals using XDMCP without any problem. -john
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