From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 21 07:59:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA06466 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 07:59:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mixer.visi.com (root@mixer.visi.com [209.98.98.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA06461 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 07:59:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nordquis@visi.com) Received: from bambi.visi.com (nordquis@bambi.visi.com [209.98.98.24]) by mixer.visi.com (8.8.8/8.7.5) with ESMTP id JAA16736 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:59:39 -0500 (CDT) Posted-Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:59:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from nordquis@localhost) by bambi.visi.com (8.8.5/8.8.8) id JAA14697 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:59:38 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199807211459.JAA14697@bambi.visi.com> Subject: Why is XDM in /etc/ttys a Bad Thing? To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:59:38 -0500 (CDT) From: "Brent J. Nordquist" Reply-to: "Brent J. Nordquist" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The FAQ on starting XDM from /etc/ttys says it's a "Bad Thing". (By the way, rather than having "crept into some README file" as it says, it's actually part of the default /etc/ttys file.) Why is it a Bad Thing? If it's a Bad Thing, the FAQ should say why briefly, and it should be removed from the default /etc/ttys file. -- Brent J. Nordquist / bjn@visi.com W: +1 612 905-7806 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message