On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 11:39:02AM -0400, David Cary Hart wrote: > > needs the cups-libs which needs libtiff that needs xorg-libs, etc. Any > > way that libtiff doesn't needs xorg ?? Without recompiling, because the > Is there some reason that you don't want to install X? It sure makes > managing a server a whole lot easier. It's general best practice for a server -- don't install anything you don't need, *particularly* large, complicated setuid programs. I'm willing to bet that there's dozens of root compromise vulerabilities in X that we don't know about yet. As a compromise, you can not install xorg-x11 itself but just the libraries, and then still install X apps and run GUI management tools over the network via SSH. No need for an X server on the server itself, and you can sit in the comfort of your office rather than hanging out in the server room. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 76 degrees Fahrenheit.
