usenet@umrisca.isc.umr.edu (usenet) (06/23/89)
>From: tmh@well.UUCP (Todd M. Hoff) >On a remote connection via telnet or a dialup line, if the remote >site starts X it takes over the console. Although this behavior >makes sense in some cases, generally people get a little miffed when >their console gets taken over. >Configuration: RT running 4.3. I was told on the phone yesterday that this was normal behavior for X windows. Apparently X behaves like this so its easier for them to test and debug (its a BIG security hole, but that's another matter). The same guy also said they were developing a patch to stop this behavior. You may want to call out to CA to check on it. Henry henryc@cs.umr.edu
envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) (06/25/89)
In article <217@umrisca.isc.umr.edu> henryc@cs.umr.edu (Henry Clark) writes:
< >From: tmh@well.UUCP (Todd M. Hoff)
< >On a remote connection via telnet or a dialup line, if the remote
< >site starts X it takes over the console. Although this behavior
< >makes sense in some cases, generally people get a little miffed when
< >their console gets taken over.
< >Configuration: RT running 4.3.
<
< I was told on the phone yesterday that this was normal behavior for
< X windows. Apparently X behaves like this so its easier for them to
< test and debug (its a BIG security hole, but that's another matter).
< The same guy also said they were developing a patch to stop this
< behavior. You may want to call out to CA to check on it.
By this "behaviour" do you mean the fact that ANYONE can start up the
X system, or do you mean the fact that the console is taken over when
X starts?
If the first, then I agree. But one should just be able to make the server
executable only by root to solve that problem.
If the second, then I must disagree that it was done just to make X easier
to debug. Why would you want the "glass tty" of the console to be functional
when X is running? How would you give it input? In many applications, it
will still get output destined for /dev/console, although through "xterm -C"
or xcons one may re-route the output to an X window.
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Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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Brian V. Smith (bvsmith@lbl.gov)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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