[SunHELP] Solaris Installation without Xwindows Support..

William Enestvedt Will.Enestvedt at jwu.edu
Wed Oct 9 09:23:50 CDT 2002


> Without rsh or rexec running (you can turn them off in
> /etc/inetd.conf, I think), but _with_ the X stuff installed,
> anyone wanting the X gui could still get it, but they would
> have to telnet in to the box to start it. That would leave
> a much better audit trail than rsh or rexec do.
>
   Actually, you should be able to tunnel an X session through an SSH
connection (which is much better than telnet, thanks to encryption and
compression).
-wde
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Will Enestvedt
UNIX System Administrator
Johnson & Wales University -- Providence, RI



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