Re: GEP 3 - Remote activation in bonobo-activation

[Seth Nickell <snickell stanford edu>]

On Sun, 2002-09-01 at 12:15, Alan Cox wrote:
> > There are several ways this can be fixed: 
> >         * Opening an SSH session to the machine holding the component to
> >           be activated, and start the local-per-user bonobo-activation
> >           daemon on that machine, so that it activates the component. 
> >         * Create a system-wide daemon that listens on a well known port
> >           for requests from bonobo-activation clients on other machines.
> > 
> > 'Scuse my ignorance, but isn't that what xinetd/inetd and company are
> > for?
> 
> Large numbers of people don't run xinetd/inetd. They expose only the ssh
> session for the X desktop (which you could also use to start things
> just like real X windows programmers would).

Really? I didn't actually know that. All the systems I've come across in
the wild seem to have this running, and AFAIK all major distros enable
one of these two services. But it does make sense that this would go
quickly when trying to lock a box down for security.

In any case, I think we're mostly talking about connecting to a server
here, not a random desktop box.

-Seth