Re: [tlug] blocking port 6000

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

Quoth Scott Robbins (Wed 2002-09-04 12:44:54AM -0500):
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 11:36:45PM +0900, Operator wrote:
> > TLUG'ers,
> > I just ran nessus  and it told me that the X-server is accepting responses 
> > from anyone!! this is bad..how do I stop this.. I'm using Mandrake 8.2 @ msec 
> > 3.
> 
> 
> Just went to MD's site to look for an answer--WOW, what a SLOW site.  As
> near as I can see, they have a Bastille firewall thingie--does it give
> you the option of which ports to configure?  (I gave up looking after
> awhile, the site was too slow).

I forgot to mention the easy way, which is invoking X like this:

startx -nolisten tcp

Since you are running Mandrake, I assume that you use gdm (graphical
login, right?). In this case, you need to edit your
/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf file and change the 'command=/usr/bin/X11/X'
line in the [server-Standard] section to:

command=/usr/bin/X11/X -nolisten tcp


-- 
Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>

Associate Systems Administrator
INCOGEN, Inc.
http://www.incogen.com/

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