xfce-session has open tcp ports listening on 0.0.0.0, why?

[Mart Tõnso]

.. older and wizer, i now know that there is a file

/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc

which contains a line "$xfcesm", that could be easily changed into
"$xfcesm --disable-tcp"

Is this debian specific or does it come from default distribution of xfce4?

Thanks again,

Mart




On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Mart Tõnso <xtimmu at gmail.com> wrote:
> In my haste I forgot to add, that I am using debian etch, Package:
> xfce4-session Versions: 4.3.99.1-2
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mart
>
> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Mart Tõnso <xtimmu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I noticed, that xfce4-session has some interesting ports open...
>>
>> # netstat -luptan|grep sess
>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:41705           0.0.0.0:*
>> LISTEN     2254/xfce4-session
>> tcp6       0      0 :::59545                :::*
>> LISTEN     2254/xfce4-session
>>
>> Can somebody explain to me what is the purpose of those ports and why
>> are they binded to 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Mart
>>
>