I have modified /etc/inittab file for changing default runlevel from 5 to 3 .Now i can boot in terminal mode .However if i issue init 5 i get a X window.How would i disable loading X? do i need to disable some services?P.S.What is Xvfb? How would i disable it?My Distribution Details.
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LSB Version: :core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch
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As a Security practice I wanted to disable X from loading.
So i modified following line from /etc/inittab.
I was then able to start my machine in terminal mode(runlevel 3).
I wasn't satisfied at this stage as i was able to get the graphical console by merely typing
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So i search and find out that the reason for loading the graphical user interface was a script resided in
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So i renamed it thinking OS will fail in finding it when invoked by inittab file . To my surprise i was able to get the terminal back even if i hit
But then i realize i keep on getting following error lines.
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I found out the reason behind this was a line in /etc/inittab
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Since the file prefdm was renamed and respawned the OS was keep on trying to execute it considering it is terminated.
Now i have made the above line commented and removed execute bit of the file. System is now behaving as i wish it would.
Will it make any difference? I m not using any application that explicitly use graphical user interface and i can work in runlevel 3.
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The users IP address are
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