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X graphical programs

  405  ?  S    0:06 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -auth /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/authdir/authfi
  406  ?  S    0:00 -:0

These processes are the display drivers for the X window system. The X system is network capable, and this facility should be disabled. This can be done by changing a line in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers from

:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X

to

:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp



Michael C. Richardson
1998-11-15