How to disable XFree86 and wdm listening ports

[Jason Stone]

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> > If you think that you might someday invoke X with a different display
> > manager, you might consider replacing /usr/X11R6/bin/X with a shell script
> > that calls "X.real -nolisten tcp" - this would make all methods of
> > starting X not use the tcp port.  On the other hand, you'll have to
> > remember to maintain it when you upgrade.
>
> A very nice recommendation.
>
> X is linked to Xwrapper-4
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  - 10 Oct 22 18:18 X@ -> Xwrapper-4
>
> Please publish your shell script.

Um, I'm not using such a thing, but I imagine it would be something like
the following.  Call it something like /usr/X11R6/bin/X-no-tcp and symlink
/usr/X11R6/bin/X to it.

#!/bin/sh

if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper-4 ]
then
	exec /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper-4 -nolisten tcp $@
elif [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 ]
then
	exec /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 -nolisten tcp $@
else
	echo "Couldn't find Xwrapper-4 or XFree86 - sorry" >&2
	exit 1
fi


 -Jason

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