On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 01:12:09PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > On 5/26/06, Daniel Stone <[email protected]> wrote: > >On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 12:01:15PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > >> It is possible to set the current X server up to support this > >> configuration. Using the X server this way has some drawbacks. The X > >> server needs to be run as root. > > > >So far, so good. > > > >> The multiple users are sharing a > >> single X server image so things they do can impact the other users. > > > >No, they're not. > > So if I manage to fault my X server process, they other users a just fine? It's entirely possible, inasmuch as it's entirely possible for a rogue X server to take out the entire machine. When I said that each user's server was a separate process, I wasn't making that bit up.
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