ssh uses IP4:127.0.0.1, and as many times as ppl have asked for unix socket support it has allways been denied. -nolisten tcp is something for the distros to set up, it should be *usable by default.
* Meaning all non-devel features on and nothing extra for the user to do. --- Keith Whitwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Keith Packard wrote: > > Around 2 o'clock on Nov 19, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > > > > > >>Keith, could you put this (being able to specify the interface bindings of > >>the xserver on the commandline) as a feature request on http:// > >>www.freedesktop.org/Software/XserverWishlist if you find this feature > >>request useful ? i registerd a wiki account, but logging in doesn`t seem to > >>work for me. > > > > > > I'd like to switch the server so that -nolisten tcp is the default; I > > don't see much sense in having it listen to even 127.0.0.1. But, if you > > wanted to make the list of IP addresses that the server bound to > > configurable, that seems like a good idea. > > Yep - network transparency is all well & good, but do you really want > something as complex as the X server sitting there with an open port to the world? > > Keith > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel