Hi Guys,

I'd just like to point out that for most secure installations, X is
removed from servers as part of the "remove all software which isn't
absolutely needed."

I know of Solaris machines which perform as servers with a total of 19
OS packages installed, and then precompiled binaries of the server
programs are loaded onto these machines.

Removal of all not-absolutely-necessary software iss also the
recommended procedure by Sun for setting up server platforms.

Having something based on X will be useable by lots of people, just not
by those who make the effort to take correct security precautions.

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > > It will be tck/tk, so I guess X only.
> >
> >  Good point. A typical DB server -- where is performance important --
> > has install Xwin?
> >
> >  BTW, I hate Oracle 8.x.x because has X+java based installer, but some
> > my servers hasn't monitor and keyboard let alone to Xwin.
> >
> >  What implement performance monitor as client/server application where
> > client is some shared lib? This solution allows to create more clients
> > for more differents GUI. I know... it's easy planning, but the other
> > thing is programming it  :-)
> 
> My idea is that they can telnet into the server machine and do remote-X
> with the application.  Just set the DISPLAY variable and it should work.
> 
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Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:00:12 +1100
Justin Clift <aa2@bigpond.net.au>
Re: Performance monitor