On 29 Jul 2009, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-07-29 08:49, Anthony Campbell wrote: > >On 29 Jul 2009, Siggy Brentrup wrote: > >>>Or simply put these 2 lines at the top of your ~/.ssh/config > >>> > >>>Host * > >>> ForwardX11 no > >>Please forget this nonsense, I read only the subject line, not > >>the body of your message. > > > > > >Thanks to you and Ron I now know that port 6000 is being used by X11. > >And in fact, if I ssh at a terminal without starting X I can connect. > >But then, of course, I can't start X! > > > >How can this be resolved? It must be possible because it works on two > >other computers, just not on this one. > > Compare /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc across the systems. Mine, devoid > of whitespace and comments, simply says: > > $ cat /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc > exec /usr/bin/X11/X -nolisten tcp > > Googling "-nolisten tcp" should point you in the right direction. > Sorry, Ron - I accidentally replied to you instead of the list. Anyway, for everyone else. this is the answer:
Thanks, yes; I'd just found this myself, at http://etutorials.org/Networking/network+security+hacks/Chapter+1.+Unix+Host+Security/Hack+9+Prevent+Services+from+Bindi+ng+to+an+Interface/ Ron is indeed right, but oddly enough I do have the same line in /etc/X11/xserverrc but the 'nolisten' switch is being ignored on this machine. If I start X with 'startx -- -nolisten tcp' everything works. Probably needs a bug report. AC -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
