RHEL 5: Where to enable X server tcp port 6000?

rhugga · 07-20-2007, 02:02 PM

Normally this is done in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager. I cannot find where to configure X server to allow connections on port 6000.

YES I KNOW THIS IS INSECURE. NO IPTABLES IS NOT RUNNING.

Thanks for any info.
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acid_kewpie · 07-20-2007, 03:45 PM

this generally changes per distro and login manger, please try to provide more useful information. under fedora this would be via running gdmsetup or editing /etc/gdm/custom.conf

mhm · 07-21-2007, 02:16 PM

Hey,
In RHEL4 there is a command:
$gdmconfig, under security tab uncheck the check box that said 'always disallow tcp connection ........' and under the XDMP (sorry if I missed the spelling) check the only check box, go to black screen console and do $ killall gdm-binary....

I hope this helps

Regards
Mhm

rhugga · 07-21-2007, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mhm

Hey,
In RHEL4 there is a command:
$gdmconfig, under security tab uncheck the check box that said 'always disallow tcp connection ........' and under the XDMP (sorry if I missed the spelling) check the only check box, go to black screen console and do $ killall gdm-binary....

I hope this helps

Regards
Mhm

This box has no head, do you happen to know what config files the above gui elements were touching?

Thx
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acid_kewpie · 07-21-2007, 04:10 PM

i already told you this...

rhugga · 07-22-2007, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

i already told you this...

Sorry, by my asking the other dude was implying that /etc/gdm/custom.conf wasnt working. Ill be more clear next time. The man page also points to another file that doesn't even exist.

acid_kewpie · 07-22-2007, 12:49 PM

well under rhel5 it should be the same place. i'm not honestly *that* sure how gdm will run without a local X server... there actually may be something like /etc/sysconfig/gdm or something, which is a directory that redhat have been centralizing around more and more, especially for boot services. i was also originally expecting to tell you to look at /etc/X11/gdm or similar, which is where i always thought the config file lived, but i only checked on fedora 7, so redhat 5 with it's older strucutre may well still have it.