Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:40:49 +0200 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@rambo.simx.org> To: Chris P <ethos10@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is X Windows normally run on Servers Message-ID: <3CC5AAB1.2050709@rambo.simx.org> References: <F91VihIHukLnkbXxYrj0000536b@hotmail.com>
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Chris P wrote: > "Tried sending this before but wouldn't work so seeing if hotmail will > get there" > > New to FBSD and trying to get my head around everything. Set up XServer > but on next reboot got KDENABIO failed and fixed by setting the security > level to 0, which did the trick. Just wondered what the implications of > a security level being set to 0 when setting up a web, mail server etc. > or if you would even set up Xserver in a server situation. Is it just > used for users in a desktop enviroment? > > Regards > ChrisP > > Its hard to say whats right and wrong, but I would personally never setup X on a server. I see no need for it, and the impact on stability and performance is noticable. The way I see it, servers should do their job, nothing else, and displaying fancy GUI's and nice colors is not on any of my servers todo list. -- R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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