Hi, I think you can turn it back on again by editing /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and changing the line
#DisallowTCp=true to DisallowTCP=false Then restart gdm ( I am assuming you are uding gdm - default for RH/Fedora) Dave. Dave van Leeuwen Analyst Programmer University of Canterbury New Zealand On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, John Carter wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Michael JasonSmith wrote: > > > On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 22:28 +1200, Richard Tindall wrote: > > to do that, as Fedora has rather strict security that removes the > > network from the network-transparent windowing system! > > > Grr. That pisses me off! I hate security through hobbling. It's worse than > security through obscurity. > > It's sort of like, "Someone may hijack your legs. See this man in the > wheel chair here, he is less dangerous. Therefore in the interests of > security, everyone must have their legs removed and use wheelchairs." > > Does X via ssh still work? > > eg. > ssh -l usernameOnOtherSystem OtherSystemHostName > xterm # <- Displays on source system. > > John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 > Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 > PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > New Zealand > > Carter's Clarification of Murphy's Law. > > "Things only ever go right so that they may go more spectacularly wrong > later." > > >From this principle, all of life and physics may be deduced. >
