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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: DCOP question
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-11-16 20:15:18
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On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 07:01:00PM +0100, Martin Konold wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 pbrown@redhat.com wrote:
> 
> > > workstations simultaneously with nfs shared homes. (The same problem once
> > > existed with kfm)
> > 
> > Do you know how xsm / X handle this?
> > 
> > I implemented the DCOPSERVER environment variable support.
> 
> YOu may use $HOST:X.Y which is equivalent to $DISPLAY in order to gain a
> unique identifier. IMHO it is not worth to share the single dcopserver for
> both sessions because the application from one display do not want to
> communicate with the application of other $DISPLAY.
> 
> Unfortunately I do not know how XFree86-4.0 handles these issues though.
> 
> In addition you should try to avoid to write into the $HOME of the user.
> For several applications it is beneficial to mount $HOME ro. Maybe you can
> use the X11 way of writing into /tmp (beware of exploits).
If $HOME is mounted ro, most of KDE won't run at all.
You see, ~/.kde in under $HOME....

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