From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 25 1:30:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 354CD37B401 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 01:30:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C166F43E3B for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 01:30:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9P8UYV8000827 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 09:30:34 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9P8UTPK000826 for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 09:30:29 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 09:30:29 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: FreeBSD Hackers List Subject: Re: X11 display problem Message-ID: <20021025083029.GA723@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Hackers List References: <20021024203033.T353-100000@april.chuckr.org> <20021024200627.B277-100000@taran.dhcp.mc.vanderbilt.edu> <20021025015231.GB59229@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021025015231.GB59229@xor.obsecurity.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-13.4 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01, USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.41 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 06:52:32PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > --nolisten-tcp was added deliberately for security reasons: see the > commit logs (it's also documented clearly at the top of the startx > manpage). It sounds like an oversight that xdm doesn't do this; I've > asked the XFree86 maintainer to investigate and make the corresponding > change if necessary. As in: --- /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers.orig Fri Mar 22 18:30:32 2002 +++ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers Fri Oct 25 09:23:10 2002 @@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ # look like: # XTerminalName:0 foreign # -:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X +:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp A very good move indeed, IMHO. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message