Re: login by using XFree86...
Malcolm Kay writes: > >While many people fo this, it has been (semi-officially) > > discouraged since the days of 2.x. > > What are you regfering to; the method of starting at boot, > or the concept of starting 'xdm' at boot? The idea of starting the display manager out of /etc/ttys. (The recommended way, if I remember correctly, is to put in rc.local.) I have seen a persuasive case made (but can neither quote or reconstruct it ex tempore) that the /etc/ttys method is both philospohically wrong and likely to bring greater grief if something snafus. Robert Huff ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: login by using XFree86...
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 02:02, Robert Huff wrote: > Malcolm Kay writes: > > If you start 'xdm' at boot time you can then login as a user > > through an X login window. (Often started via /etc/ttys) > > While many people fo this, it has been (semi-officially) > discouraged since the days of 2.x. > > > Robert Huff What are you regfering to; the method of starting at boot, or the concept of starting 'xdm' at boot? As far as the method goes there seems to be two opposing "official" points of view! Besides which the distributed version of /etc/ttys has preparation for this. Malcolm Kay ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: login by using XFree86...
Malcolm Kay writes: > If you start 'xdm' at boot time you can then login as a user > through an X login window. (Often started via /etc/ttys) While many people fo this, it has been (semi-officially) discouraged since the days of 2.x. Robert Huff ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: login by using XFree86...
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 06:42, flux wrote: > Is there any possibility to perform system login from XFree, not from > console in FreeBSD? What do you mean by 'system login'. If you start 'xdm' at boot time you can then login as a user through an X login window. (Often started via /etc/ttys) You can even login as 'root' the privileged user this way but it is highly discouraged -- it is considered insecure and also you can end up with a lot of junk in your root disk partition. Malcolm Kay ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
login by using XFree86...
Is there any possibility to perform system login from XFree, not from console in FreeBSD? Thank you. -- Best regards, flux mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
