Re: esd problem

[Gleef <dzol virtual-yellow com>]

On 9 Feb 1999, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> >>>>> On Mon, 8 Feb 1999 13:05:37 -0500 (EST)
> >>>>> Gleef <dzol@virtual-yellow.com> said:
> 
>  Gleef> You don't have to. I'm on a RedHat system, and I have esd
>  Gleef> start and stop from a script in /etc/rc.d/init.d. This way esd
>  Gleef> starts when the machine boots, and is working whether or not I
>  Gleef> choose to run the X Window System.
> 
> You have a problem if more than one account is used on this machine.

More than one account is used on this machine.  It doesn't give me a
problem.  It might give me a security hole (esd listens on a network port,
and the init.d scripts run as root), but it works fine.

-Gleef