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Re: xdm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joerg Mertin)
Mon Nov 11 21:43:29 1996
From: smurphy@stardust.bln.sub.org (Joerg Mertin)
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 08:25:05 +0100 (MET)
Reply-To: smurphy@antares.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE
In-Reply-To: <199611101628.LAA21570@redhat.com> from Wierdl Mate at "Nov 10, 96 10:28:32 am"
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> Each new X-Session uses what? The script /usr/bin/newcookie?
> So for each session an .Xauthority file is created?
> Where do I put a command like
> xhost zebra
You don=C4t need it since you have a $HOME/.Xauthority file. This is the
Authentification, a more secure one, since this file has mode 600,
nobody else than the user itself (Except root) can read it an
authenticate itself with it.
> Is .xserverrc in fact ~/.xserverrc ?
yes.
> I thought under xdm the X server is not restarted at every login=20
> (unless I specify this explicitly).=20
What you should do. In XFree3.2 X-Folks use the X-own malloc, the gnu
malloc routine,used int XFree-3.1.2 had a Big memory Hog, so if a
System stay one too long with this, you'll have a big chance to see a
X-Server eating up all your Memory.
> So then how is the script below read at every X session?
It is not read. It is started.
Here's my .xserverrc file:
---------------------------------Cut-----------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
#
#
echo "--- Creating new Magic-Cookies"
/usr/local/bin/newcookie
#
# Choosing right X-Server
echo "--- Starting Accel Server with auth enabled"
exec X -auth $HOME/.Xauthority $*
---------------------------------Cut-----------------------------------
The xdm also creates a Magic Cookie, only I never managed
to get it copied in User-mode to the $HOME/$USER directory, since only
root can access it under /etc/X11/xdm. So I created my own little
scripts for it.
I wonder if I could use the random seed device for this ? Any pointers
on this one ???
cu
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