Carl, could you reveal a secret to me: does X 4.x.x uses Xwrapper? My RH 7.2 (like 7.1 before...) points /etc/X11/X to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86, I already posted the question sometimes ago since the use of Xwrapper is a security feature... Lionel
--- Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can't seem to find an Xwrapper on my system either, is this a shell > > script, or a binary I can download? > > I think Xwrapper is usually a binary. it might be called different things, > depending on your system. for instance Debian Linux just has it named > /usr/X11R6/bin/X, rather than X just being a symlink to Xwrapper like a lot > of other distros do it. > > It doesn't seem to be part of the core X distribution; X just seems to SUID > root the XFree86 binary. (something of a security problem, that; but it does > make things work). > > Carl Soderstrom > -- > Network Engineer > Real-Time Enterprises > (952) 943-8700 > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
