Re: "Can't open display" problems
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 09:27:05PM -0500, Sean wrote:
> <--snip-->
> >>Many people never use a networked X...
> <--snip-->
>
> I'm never to sure what to think about this .... the functionality is there,
> has been for ages, but you never really hear much about it. And yet at work
> (a microsoft house) we spend quite a bit of money, time, and effort
> connecting to other people's PCs so we can solve problems, etc.
>
> Seems like there should be a question here ... but I can't really think of
> one ... I just always find feel a little odd when running X on my desktop,
> while totally ignoring the whole networking functionality that I know exists.
>
> Anyway ... just a ramble, feel free to disgregard.
It's pretty simple. Here I am on a home network of 1 computer. Why
would I need networked X? Now, say I have DSL, and don't know anything
about firewalling off port 6000-7. Potentially, someone could try to
hijack my X session (really don't know if this happens to often). Now,
if X is running as root...
One of these days I'll get this old PowerPC booted up with GNU/Linux and
play with X networking...
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Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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