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Date:      Sat, 9 Oct 2004 15:55:07 +0200
From:      Jose M Rodriguez <josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es>
To:        freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
Cc:        Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Subject:   Re: Gnome2 hangs on startup
Message-ID:  <200410091555.07963.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es>
In-Reply-To: <16743.60507.600537.599188@ran.psg.com>
References:  <4166D58D.6020305@ev.net> <opsfkp4emw9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <16743.60507.600537.599188@ran.psg.com>

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El S=E1bado, 9 de Octubre de 2004 15:49, Randy Bush escribi=F3:
> > It's in our FAQ: http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q20
>
> it all looks reasonable until one gets to
>
>     Fam also requires that portmapper is running.  Add the
>     appropriate entry to /etc/rc.conf:
>
> due to long, and possibly outdated, training in security paranoia,
> i just can't bring myself to enable portmapper.
>
> do i need re-education, or should i hope that this can be changed
> in the future?
>
> randy
>

Ah.  You have problems with inetd/rpcbind/fam security in a machine that=20
runs X.  What special security enabled version of X are you using?

=2D-
  josemi



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