Gnome2 hangs on startup

[Jose M Rodriguez]

El Sábado, 9 de Octubre de 2004 16:12, Randy Bush escribió:
> >>> It's in our FAQ: http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q20
> >>
> >> it all looks reasonable until one gets to
> >>     Fam also requires that portmapper is running.  Add the
> >>     appropriate entry to /etc/rc.conf:
> >> due to long, and possibly outdated, training in security paranoia,
> >> i just can't bring myself to enable portmapper.
> >> do i need re-education, or should i hope that this can be changed
> >> in the future?
> >
> > Ah.  You have problems with inetd/rpcbind/fam security in a machine
> > that runs X.  What special security enabled version of X are you
> > using?
>
> engineering is, among other things, compromise.  and security is
> never absolute.  i am willing to accept the risks of X in exchange
> for the benefits, which are considerable.  last i talked to
> security friends, portmapper had fewer benefits and greater risks.
>
> ymmv; i do have friends that still use screen.
>
> if portmapper's risks have been significantly reduced, plese send
> clue.  otherwise, discussing other security issues would seem to be
> a red herring.
>
> randy

None have request you to activate fam, rpcbind or inetd.  Only have a 
valid entry for your host in the resolver or not activate blackhole 
operation.

--
  josemi