Re: Core policy

[Jesse Pollard <pollard@admin.navo.hpc.mil>]

On Tuesday 25 February 2003 02:29 am, Tom wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 08:45:10AM +0100, Russell Coker wrote:
...
> > Installing xfs policy won't be that difficult if you really need it. 
> > Just as installing gpm policy won't b e difficult.
>
> I was trying to say: Leave it out, it's not important. Even if it's
> installed and used, breaking it will not cause much trouble, only a few
> apps won't look that crisp anymore and a few fonts won't work. Nothing
> serious compared to, say, a failure to boot up correctly.

On a side note: If the X server can access an xfs server on another system
you  may be importing data from a non-trusted host. This is just a reminder
if the X configuration designates an alternate font server host.

It is also entirely reasonable to use one font server for 10-20 workstations
since it doesn't  (at least not in my expierence) put that much of a load
on a system.

There has also been some effort to make use of xfs to provide fonts to
groff/ghostscript for rendering and printing. It has been a while since I
followed their development, so I don't know how far it has gone.
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Jesse I Pollard, II
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