Oracle Linux: How to Configure, Manage and Secure User Access to the Linux X Server (Doc ID 459029.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 17, 2022

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Goal

The purpose of this article is to explain and describe how to configure, manage and secure user access to the X server running on Linux. The article is intended for Linux System Administrators wishing to selectively allow only named user access to the local X server.

All excerpts and examples provided are based on Oracle Linux 4 (OL4U4), but similarly apply to Red Hat/Oracle Linux 5 (RH/OL5) with only minor modification. The following OL4 X-related (xorg) packages and versions happened to be used:

• xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37
• xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37
• xorg-x11-xauth-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37
• xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37
• xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37
• xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37
• xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37
• xorg-x11-twm-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37
• xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37
• xorg-x11-tools-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37

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