Re: Search for the best Distro for the job...

[Derek Martin]

Yesterday, Jeffry Smith gleaned this insight:

> Derek Martin wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Jeffry Smith wrote:
> > 
> > > Under RH6.1 the X symlink is in /etc/X11
> > >
> > > jeff
> > 
> > I'll agree there's one there, however:
> > 
> >   [ddm@martin X11]
> >   $ which X
> >   /usr/X11R6/bin/X
> > 
> > Now, which one the system uses... ?
> > 
> 
> Hm.  My system shows /usr/X11R6/bin/X is a link to
> /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper, which is a binary file.  I can change which X

Yeah forgot about that... the wrapper, IIRC, opens the resources that need
root privileges, then drops privileges, and runs the X server or something
like that... it's supposed to improve security.  But then, I could just be
confused.


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