"Eric G. Miller" wrote: > > On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 03:01:23PM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > > On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 10:34:32AM +0300, Petteri Heinonen wrote: > > > Does anybody know how to configure wdm so that it doesn't open > > > TCP port 1030 when started? I guess this is not a big security > > > threat, but I've tried to keep open ports in minimum, and I > > > can't see why this one would be necessary either. I have to > > > admit that I don't know the purpose of this open port, but for > > > example gdm, which I've used in some other boxes, doesn't, at > > > least by default, open any ports. > > > > Edit /etc/X11/wdm/Xservers and add '-nolisten tcp' to the line that > > looks like > > :0 local /usr/bin/X11/X > > > > See if that fixes things. If not, then it's a bug and I must fix it > > since I am the wdm maintainer. > > Only thing is, the X ports are 6000-7, according to /etc/services. > Sure the 1030 port is not for some local use only? Is it always the > same port? The ports doesn't appear to match any "reserved" ones in > /etc/services... Don't use wdm myself, so... > > -- > Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
Yes, it's not the _X_ which keeps open the port, but the _wdm_. But the port indeed changed every time I restarted the wdm. I just restarted it couple of times, and the port numbers were 1083, 1084, 1085, etc. Very odd... -- Petteri Heinonen addr: Varvikonkatu 1 C 19 phone: +358 50 3363286 33820 Tampere FIN email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
