From: Joshua D Doll <joshua.doll@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:21:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49C3DE90.6020708@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49C3DBD4.5010407@f_philipp.fastmail.net>
Florian Philipp wrote:
> fei huang schrieb:
>
>> I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows
>> manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it.
>>
>>
> You know that this is a possible security thread? Anyone who has access
> to your computer can simply press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and enter the console
> session you used to start x-server.
> Locking your X-session won't help against that.
>
>
You can disable vt switching with:
Option "DontVTSwitch" "boolean" in the server section of the xorg.conf
--Joshua Doll
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-20 18:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-20 15:09 [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager fei huang
2009-03-20 16:16 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2009-03-20 20:27 ` Sebastian Günther
2009-03-21 2:28 ` Tom
2009-03-21 3:28 ` fei huang
2009-03-20 18:09 ` [gentoo-user] " Florian Philipp
2009-03-20 18:21 ` Joshua D Doll [this message]
2009-03-20 18:43 ` James Ausmus
2009-03-20 20:22 ` Sebastian Günther
2009-03-21 7:14 ` Florian Philipp
2009-03-20 20:33 ` Sebastian Günther
2009-03-20 20:34 ` Paul Hartman
2009-03-25 20:03 ` Mick
2009-03-25 20:20 ` Sebastian Günther
2009-03-25 20:22 ` Paul Hartman
2009-03-22 13:00 ` gibboris
2009-03-23 4:19 ` fei huang
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