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Re: X connection from outside



Am Dienstag,  5. März 2002 15:34 schrieb Philippe Ribet:
> David Dooling wrote:
> > In woody, it is forbidden by default everywhere an X server might be
> > started, namely the display managers.  Find the configuration file(s)
> > for youe display manager (xdm, gdm, kdm, wdm, ...) and grep for
> > 'nolisten'.  Then remove the '-nolisten tcp' option from the X command
> > line.
>
> May the default behaviour be without -nolisten tcp in woody. It's simpler
> for everbody, isn't it ?

But the normal user at home does not need this. So it is more secure to leave 
the '-nolisten' there.

Maybe a hint in debconf would be nice... (don't know if there is one)

Matthias



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