Re: Debian security prb
On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 09:03:26AM +0200, Fr?d?ric Aliotti wrote:
> I have installed Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 rl "Woody" Official i386.
> I'm trying to use an application called Cyberdocs on this computer : this
> application have to open OpenOffice.org to convert word documents to XML.
> This process is triggered by a java application. Everything is properly
> installed.
> My problem is that OpenOffice.org can't be oppened by Cyberdocs : I get
> this message : java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused ...
> I don't have this problem when I use Redhat or Mandrake.
> Maybe a security prb.
No, it's not a security problem (that normally means that things are
permitted when they should be forbidden; in your case things are
forbidden when they should be permitted).
At a random guess, perhaps this Java application is broken and is trying
to connect to your X server over TCP. If you remove '-nolisten tcp' from
whatever is starting your X server (for instance, in the case of gdm
this is configurable in /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf), does that make any
difference?
If not, an strace will be required.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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