Re: X11 security problem with testing:

[David Dooling <ddooling@watson.wustl.edu>]

On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 11:04:35AM -0800, Andrew H Gosline wrote:
> I've already changed the file /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc/ as follows:
> 
> > In /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc, try changing the following:
> >
> > "exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp"
> >
> > to read:
> >
> > "exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 "

Are you running xdm?  If you are, then make sure it gets restarted
(doing <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Backspace> doesn't seem to work):

    # /etc/init.d/xdm restart

If you are running gdm, remove the `-nolisten tcp' from
/etc/gdm/gdm.conf `command=' entry.  For kdm, remove the `-nolisten
tcp' from /etc/kde2/kdm/Xservers `:0' entry.  For other display
managers, look through their configuration file for `-nolisten tcp'
and remove it.  In all cases, make sure the appropriate display
manager gets restarted:

    # /etc/init.d/gdm restart
    # /etc/init.d/kdm restart

To determine what display manager you are running:

    $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager

It should contain a path to the display manager binary.

dd
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David Dooling