On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 03:01:23PM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 10:34:32AM +0300, Petteri Heinonen wrote: > > Does anybody know how to configure wdm so that it doesn't open > > TCP port 1030 when started? I guess this is not a big security > > threat, but I've tried to keep open ports in minimum, and I > > can't see why this one would be necessary either. I have to > > admit that I don't know the purpose of this open port, but for > > example gdm, which I've used in some other boxes, doesn't, at > > least by default, open any ports. > > Edit /etc/X11/wdm/Xservers and add '-nolisten tcp' to the line that > looks like > :0 local /usr/bin/X11/X > > See if that fixes things. If not, then it's a bug and I must fix it > since I am the wdm maintainer.
Only thing is, the X ports are 6000-7, according to /etc/services. Sure the 1030 port is not for some local use only? Is it always the same port? The ports doesn't appear to match any "reserved" ones in /etc/services... Don't use wdm myself, so... -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
