Re: Xvfb Question

From: Glynn Clements (glynn_at_gclements.plus.com)
Date: 08/26/05

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    Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:38:53 +0100
To: Leandro Meiners <lmeiners@cybsec.com>

    Leandro Meiners wrote:

    > I'm trying to configure Xvfb to listen ONLY on the loopback address, but
    > I haven't found a way to do so.
    > Does anybody know how? Any help appreciated.

    Why would you want to? If you only want to accept local connections,
    you would normally disable TCP altogether with "-nolisten tcp" and
    just accept connections via a Unix-domain socket.

    Other than that, "xhost +localhost" will only accept connections from
    localhost. Or you can use iptables to restrict access to the port. 

    -- 
Glynn Clements <glynn@gclements.plus.com>
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