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XSERVER(1)							    XSERVER(1)

NAME
       Xserver - X Window System display server

SYNOPSIS
       X [option ...]

       /usr/X11/bin/Xserver [-c class] :displaynumber [X server arguments]

DESCRIPTION
       X  is  the  generic name for the X Window System display server.	 It is
       frequently a link or a copy of the appropriate server binary for	 driv‐
       ing the most frequently used server on a given machine.

       In  this	 release  of  Solaris, /usr/X11/bin/X is a link to the Xserver
       program which starts the appropriate X server based on  properties  set
       for  the	 service  management  facility,	 under	the service identifier
       svc:/application/x11/x11-server.	 The properties are described  in  the
       SMF PROPERTIES section below.

STARTING THE SERVER
       On  Solaris,  the X server is usually started from the CDE Display Man‐
       ager program dtlogin(1).	 This role may also be performed by the X Dis‐
       play  Manager program xdm(1), the GNOME Display Manager program gdm(1),
       or another display manager.

       This utility is run from the system boot files and takes care of	 keep‐
       ing  the	 server	 running,  prompting  for usernames and passwords, and
       starting up the user sessions.

       Installations that run more than one window system may need to use  the
       xinit(1) utility instead of a display manager.  However, xinit is to be
       considered a tool for building startup scripts and is not intended  for
       use by end users.  Site administrators are strongly urged to use a dis‐
       play manager, or build other interfaces for novice users.

       The X server may also be started directly  by  the  user,  though  this
       method  is usually reserved for testing and is not recommended for nor‐
       mal operation.  On some platforms, the user must have  special  permis‐
       sion  to	 start	the  X server, often because access to certain devices
       (e.g. /dev/mouse) is restricted.

       When the X server starts up, it typically takes over the	 display.   If
       you  are running on a workstation whose console is the display, you may
       not be able to log into the console while the server is running.

OPTIONS
       Many X servers have device-specific command line options.  See the man‐
       ual  pages  for	the  individual	 servers  for  more details; a list of
       server-specific manual pages is provided in the SEE ALSO section below.

       All of the X servers accept the command line options  described	below.
       Some  X	servers	 may have alternative ways of providing the parameters
       described here, but the values provided via the	command	 line  options
       should override values specified via other mechanisms.

       :displaynumber
	       The  X server runs as the given displaynumber, which by default
	       is 0.  If multiple X servers are to  run	 simultaneously	 on  a
	       host,  each must have a unique display number.  See the DISPLAY
	       NAMES section of the X(5) manual page to learn how  to  specify
	       which display number clients should try to use.

       -a number
	       sets  pointer  acceleration  (i.e.  the	ratio  of  how much is
	       reported to how much the user actually moved the pointer).

       -ac     disables host-based access control mechanisms.  Enables	access
	       by  any host, and permits any host to modify the access control
	       list.  Use with extreme caution.	 This option exists  primarily
	       for running test suites remotely.

       -audit level
	       sets  the  audit	 trail level.  The default level is 1, meaning
	       only connection rejections are reported.	 Level 2  additionally
	       reports	all  successful	 connections and disconnects.  Level 4
	       enables messages	 from  the  SECURITY  extension,  if  present,
	       including  generation and revocation of authorizations and vio‐
	       lations of the security policy.	Level 0 turns  off  the	 audit
	       trail.  Audit lines are sent as standard error output.

       -auth authorization-file
	       specifies  a  file which contains a collection of authorization
	       records used to authenticate access.  See also the  xdm(1)  and
	       Xsecurity(5) manual pages.

       bc      disables certain kinds of error checking, for bug compatibility
	       with previous releases (e.g., to work around bugs in R2 and  R3
	       xterms and toolkits).  Deprecated.

	       [Only available in Xsun, not in Xorg.]

       -bs     disables backing store support on all screens.

       -br     sets  the  default  root	 window	 to solid black instead of the
	       standard root weave pattern.

       -c      turns off key-click.

       c volume
	       sets key-click volume (allowable range: 0-100).

       -cc class
	       sets the visual class for the root  window  of  color  screens.
	       The  class  numbers  are	 as  specified in the X protocol.  Not
	       obeyed by all servers.

       -co filename
	       sets  name   of	 RGB   color   database.    The	  default   is
	       /usr/X11/lib/X11/rgb.

       -core   causes the server to generate a core dump on fatal errors.

       -deferglyphs whichfonts
	       specifies  the  types  of  fonts	 for  which  the server should
	       attempt to use deferred glyph loading.  whichfonts can  be  all
	       (all fonts), none (no fonts), or 16 (16 bit fonts only).

       -dpi resolution
	       sets  the  resolution for all screens, in dots per inch.	 To be
	       used when the server cannot determine the screen	 size(s)  from
	       the hardware.

       dpms    enables	DPMS  (display	power management services), where sup‐
	       ported.	The default state is platform and  configuration  spe‐
	       cific.

       -dpms   disables DPMS (display power management services).  The default
	       state is platform and configuration specific.

       -extensionextensionName
	       disables named extension.   If an  unknown  extension  name  is
	       specified, a list of accepted extension names is printed.

	       [Only available in Xorg, not in Xsun.]

       +extensionextensionName
	       enables	named  extension.    If	 an  unknown extension name is
	       specified, a list of accepted extension names is printed.

	       [Only available in Xorg, not in Xsun.]

       -f volume
	       sets feep (bell) volume (allowable range: 0-100).

       -fc cursorFont
	       sets default cursor font.

       -fn font
	       sets the default font.

       -fp fontPath
	       sets the search path for fonts.	This path is a comma separated
	       list  of directories which the X server searches for font data‐
	       bases.  See the FONTS section of	 this  manual  page  for  more
	       information and the default list.

       -help   prints a usage message.

       -I      causes all remaining command line arguments to be ignored.

       -maxbigreqsize size
	       sets the maximum big request to size MB.

	       [Only available in Xorg, not in Xsun.]

       -nolisten transport
	       disables	 listening  for client connections on the named trans‐
	       port. The current transport names supported are as follows:

	       tcp     TCP over IPv4 or IPv6
	       unix    UNIX Domain Sockets (/tmp/.x11-unix)
	       pipe    Named pipes (/tmp/.x11-pipe/) and shared memory

	       By default each of the above servers opens listeners on each of
	       the  above transports. The -nolisten command line argument dis‐
	       ables listening on the named transports. You can disable multi‐
	       ple transports by listing this option multiple times, for exam‐
	       ple:

	       -nolisten pipe -nolisten tcp

	     If all available transports are disabled, then the commands issue
	     a	fatal  error  message and exit. A server not listening for any
	     clients is of little value.

       -noreset
	       prevents a server reset when  the  last	client	connection  is
	       closed.	 This  overrides  a  previous  -terminate command line
	       option.

       -p minutes
	       sets screen-saver pattern cycle time in minutes.

       -pn     permits the server to continue running if it fails to establish
	       all  of its well-known sockets (connection points for clients),
	       but establishes at least one.

	       This option is set by default in Xorg, but is off by default in
	       Xsun.

       -nopn   causes  the  server to exit if it fails to establish all of its
	       well-known sockets (connection points for clients).

	       [Only available in Xorg, not in Xsun.]

       -r      turns off auto-repeat.

       r       turns on auto-repeat.

       -s minutes
	       sets screen-saver timeout time in minutes.

       -su     disables save under support on all screens.

       -t number
	       sets pointer acceleration threshold in pixels (i.e.  after  how
	       many pixels pointer acceleration should take effect).

       -terminate
	       causes the server to terminate at server reset, instead of con‐
	       tinuing to run.	This overrides	a  previous  -noreset  command
	       line option.

       -to seconds
	       sets default connection timeout in seconds.

       -tst    disables	 all  testing extensions (e.g., XTEST, XTrap, XTestEx‐
	       tension1, RECORD).

       ttyxx   ignored, for servers started the ancient way (from init).

       v       sets video-off screen-saver preference.

       -v      sets video-on screen-saver preference.

       -wm     forces the default backing-store of all	windows	 to  be	 When‐
	       Mapped.	 This  is  a  backdoor way of getting backing-store to
	       apply to all windows.  Although all mapped  windows  will  have
	       backing	store,	the  backing store attribute value reported by
	       the server for a window will be the last value established by a
	       client.	 If it has never been set by a client, the server will
	       report the default value, NotUseful.  This behavior is required
	       by  the	X  protocol,  which  allows  the  server to exceed the
	       client's backing store expectations but does not provide a  way
	       to tell the client that it is doing so.

       -wr     sets  the  default  root	 window	 to solid white instead of the
	       standard root weave pattern.

       -x extension
	       loads the specified extension at init.  This  is	 a  no-op  for
	       most implementations.

       [+-]xinerama
	       enables(+)  or disables(-) the XINERAMA extension.  The default
	       state is platform and configuration specific.

	       See the XINERAMA section of the Xsun(1) manual  page  for  more
	       details.

SERVER DEPENDENT OPTIONS
       Some X servers accept the following options:

       -ld kilobytes
	       sets the data space limit of the server to the specified number
	       of kilobytes.  A value of zero makes the data size as large  as
	       possible.   The default value of -1 leaves the data space limit
	       unchanged.

       -lf files
	       sets the number-of-open-files limit of the server to the speci‐
	       fied  number.  A value of zero makes the limit as large as pos‐
	       sible.  The default value of -1 leaves the limit unchanged.

       -ls kilobytes
	       sets the stack space limit of the server to the specified  num‐
	       ber  of	kilobytes.   A	value  of zero makes the stack size as
	       large as possible.  The default value of -1  leaves  the	 stack
	       space limit unchanged.

       -logo   turns  on the X Window System logo display in the screen-saver.
	       There is currently no way to change this from a client.

       nologo  turns off the X Window System logo display in the screen-saver.
	       There is currently no way to change this from a client.

       -render default|mono|gray|color	sets  the color allocation policy that
	       will be used by the render extension.

	       default selects the default  policy  defined  for  the  display
		       depth of the X server.

	       mono    don't use any color cell.

	       gray    use  a  gray  map  of  13  color cells for the X render
		       extension.

	       color   use a color cube of at most 4*4*4 colors	 (that	is  64
		       color cells).

		       [This option is only available in Xorg, not in Xsun.]

       -dumbSched
	       disables	 smart	scheduling on platforms that support the smart
	       scheduler.

	       [Only available in Xorg, not in Xsun.]

       -schedInterval interval
	       sets the smart scheduler's scheduling interval to interval mil‐
	       liseconds.

	       [Only available in Xorg, not in Xsun.]

XDMCP OPTIONS
       X  servers  that	 support  XDMCP have the following options.  See the X
       Display Manager Control Protocol specification for more information.

       -query hostname
	       enables XDMCP and sends Query packets to	 the  specified	 host‐
	       name.

       -broadcast
	       enable  XDMCP and broadcasts BroadcastQuery packets to the net‐
	       work.  The first responding display manager will be chosen  for
	       the session.

       -multicast [address [hop count]]
	       Enable  XDMCP and multicast BroadcastQuery packets to the  net‐
	       work.  The first responding display manager is chosen  for  the
	       session.	  If an address is specified, the multicast is sent to
	       that address.  If no address is	specified,  the	 multicast  is
	       sent to the default XDMCP IPv6 multicast group.	If a hop count
	       is specified, it is used as the maximum hop count for the  mul‐
	       ticast.	 If no hop count is specified, the multicast is set to
	       a maximum of 1 hop, to prevent the multicast from being	routed
	       beyond the local network.

       -indirect hostname
	       enables	XDMCP  and send IndirectQuery packets to the specified
	       hostname.

       -port port-number
	       uses the specified port-number for XDMCP	 packets,  instead  of
	       the  default.  This option must be specified before any -query,
	       -broadcast, -multicast, or -indirect options.

       -from local-address
	       specifies the local address to connect from (useful if the con‐
	       necting	host  has  multiple  network  interfaces).  The local-
	       address may be expressed in any form  acceptable	 to  the  host
	       platform's gethostbyname(3) implementation.

	       [Only available in Xorg, not in Xsun.]

       -once   causes  the  server  to	terminate (rather than reset) when the
	       XDMCP session ends.

       -class display-class
	       XDMCP has an additional	display	 qualifier  used  in  resource
	       lookup  for  display-specific  options.	 This option sets that
	       value, by default it is "MIT-Unspecified" (not  a  very	useful
	       value).

       -cookie xdm-auth-bits
	       When  testing  XDM-AUTHENTICATION-1,  a	private	 key is shared
	       between the server and the manager.  This option sets the value
	       of that private data (not that it is very private, being on the
	       command line!).

       -displayID display-id
	       Yet another XDMCP specific value, this one allows  the  display
	       manager	to  identify  each  display  so that it can locate the
	       shared key.

XKEYBOARD OPTIONS
       X servers that support the XKEYBOARD (a.k.a.  "XKB")  extension	accept
       the  following options.	All layout files specified on the command line
       must be located in the XKB base directory or a subdirectory, and speci‐
       fied as the relative path from the XKB base directory.  The default XKB
       base directory is /usr/X11/lib/X11/xkb.

       [+-]kb  enables(+) or disables(-) the XKEYBOARD extension.

	       The default XKEYBOARD state in Xsun in this release of  Solaris
	       is  disabled  unless  +kb  is  specified.  This may change in a
	       future release.	 XKEYBOARD is enabled by default in  the  Xorg
	       server.

       [+-]accessx [timeout[timeout_mask[feedback[options_mask]]]]
	       enables(+) or disables(-) AccessX key sequences.

       -ardelay milliseconds
	       sets  the autorepeat delay (length of time in milliseconds that
	       a key must be depressed before autorepeat starts).

	       [Only available in Xorg, not in Xsun.]

       -arinterval milliseconds
	       sets the autorepeat interval (length of	time  in  milliseconds
	       that should elapse between autorepeat-generated keystrokes).

	       [Only available in Xorg, not in Xsun.]

       -ar1 milliseconds
	       sets  the autorepeat delay (length of time in milliseconds that
	       a key must be depressed before autorepeat starts).

       -ar2 milliseconds
	       sets the autorepeat interval (length of	time  in  milliseconds
	       that should elapse between autorepeat-generated keystrokes).

       -xkbmap filename
	       loads keyboard description in filename on server startup.

SECURITY EXTENSION OPTIONS
       X  servers  that	 support  the  SECURITY extension accept the following
       option:

       -sp filename
	       causes the server to attempt to read and interpret filename  as
	       a  security  policy  file with the format described below.  The
	       file is read at server startup and reread at each server reset.

       The syntax of the security policy file is as  follows.	Notation:  "*"
       means  zero or more occurrences of the preceding element, and "+" means
       one or more occurrences.	 To interpret <foo/bar>, ignore the text after
       the /; it is used to distinguish between instances of <foo> in the next
       section.

       <policy file> ::= <version line> <other line>*

       <version line> ::= <string/v> '\n'

       <other line > ::= <comment> | <access rule> | <site policy> | <blank line>

       <comment> ::= # <not newline>* '\n'

       <blank line> ::= <space> '\n'

       <site policy> ::= sitepolicy <string/sp> '\n'

       <access rule> ::= property <property/ar> <window> <perms> '\n'

       <property> ::= <string>

       <window> ::= any | root | <required property>

       <required property> ::= <property/rp> | <property with value>

       <property with value> ::= <property/rpv> = <string/rv>

       <perms> ::= [ <operation> | <action> | <space> ]*

       <operation> ::= r | w | d

       <action> ::= a | i | e

       <string> ::= <dbl quoted string> | <single quoted string> | <unquoted string>

       <dbl quoted string> ::= <space> " <not dqoute>* " <space>

       <single quoted string> ::= <space> ' <not squote>* ' <space>

       <unquoted string> ::= <space> <not space>+ <space>

       <space> ::= [ ' ' | '\t' ]*

       Character sets:

       <not newline> ::= any character except '\n'
       <not dqoute>  ::= any character except "
       <not squote>  ::= any character except '
       <not space>   ::= any character except those in <space>

       The semantics associated with the above syntax are as follows.

       <version line>, the first line in the file, specifies the  file	format
       version.	  If  the server does not recognize the version <string/v>, it
       ignores the rest of the file.  The version string for the  file	format
       described here is "version-1" .

       Once  past the <version line>, lines that do not match the above syntax
       are ignored.

       <comment> lines are ignored.

       <sitepolicy> lines are currently ignored.  They are intended to specify
       the site policies used by the XC-QUERY-SECURITY-1 authorization method.

       <access	rule>  lines  specify how the server should react to untrusted
       client requests that affect the X Window property named	<property/ar>.
       The  rest  of  this  section describes the interpretation of an <access
       rule>.

       For an <access rule> to apply to a  given  instance  of	<property/ar>,
       <property/ar>  must be on a window that is in the set of windows speci‐
       fied by <window>.  If <window> is  any,	the  rule  applies  to	<prop‐
       erty/ar>	 on  any  window.   If	<window>  is root, the rule applies to
       <property/ar> only on root windows.

       If <window> is <required property>, the following apply.	 If  <required
       property> is a <property/rp>, the rule applies when the window also has
       that <property/rp>, regardless of its value.  If <required property> is
       a <property with value>, <property/rpv> must also have the value speci‐
       fied by <string/rv>.  In this case, the property must have type	STRING
       and  format  8, and should contain one or more null-terminated strings.
       If any of the strings match <string/rv>, the rule applies.

       The definition of string matching is simple case-sensitive string  com‐
       parison	with  one  elaboration: the occurrence of the character '*' in
       <string/rv> is a wildcard meaning "any string."	A <string/rv> can con‐
       tain  multiple  wildcards  anywhere  in	the string.  For example, "x*"
       matches strings that begin with x, "*x" matches strings that  end  with
       x,  "*x*" matches strings containing x, and "x*y*" matches strings that
       start with x and subsequently contain y.

       There may be multiple <access rule> lines for  a	 given	<property/ar>.
       The  rules  are	tested in the order that they appear in the file.  The
       first rule that applies is used.

       <perms> specify operations that untrusted clients may attempt, and  the
       actions that the server should take in response to those operations.

       <operation>  can	 be r (read), w (write), or d (delete).	 The following
       table shows how X Protocol property requests map to these operations in
       The Open Group server implementation.

       GetProperty    r, or r and d if delete = True
       ChangeProperty w
       RotateProperties	   r and w
       DeleteProperty d
       ListProperties none, untrusted clients can always list all properties

       <action>	 can be a (allow), i (ignore), or e (error).  Allow means exe‐
       cute the request as if it had been issued by a trusted client.	Ignore
       means treat the request as a no-op.  In the case of GetProperty, ignore
       means return an empty property value if the property exists, regardless
       of its actual value.  Error means do not execute the request and return
       a BadAtom error with the atom set to the property name.	Error  is  the
       default	action	for  all properties, including those not listed in the
       security policy file.

       An <action> applies to all <operation>s that follow it, until the  next
       <action>	 is  encountered.   Thus,  irwad  means ignore read and write,
       allow delete.

       GetProperty and RotateProperties may do multiple operations (r  and  d,
       or  r  and  w).	If different actions apply to the operations, the most
       severe action is applied to the whole  request;	there  is  no  partial
       request	execution.   The severity ordering is: allow < ignore < error.
       Thus, if the <perms> for	 a  property  are  ired	 (ignore  read,	 error
       delete),	 and an untrusted client attempts GetProperty on that property
       with delete = True, an error is returned, but  the  property  value  is
       not.   Similarly, if any of the properties in a RotateProperties do not
       allow both read and write, an error is returned	without	 changing  any
       property values.

       Here is an example security policy file.

       version-1

       # Allow reading of application resources, but not writing.
       property RESOURCE_MANAGER     root      ar iw
       property SCREEN_RESOURCES     root      ar iw

       # Ignore attempts to use cut buffers.  Giving errors causes apps to crash,
       # and allowing access may give away too much information.
       property CUT_BUFFER0	     root      irw
       property CUT_BUFFER1	     root      irw
       property CUT_BUFFER2	     root      irw
       property CUT_BUFFER3	     root      irw
       property CUT_BUFFER4	     root      irw
       property CUT_BUFFER5	     root      irw
       property CUT_BUFFER6	     root      irw
       property CUT_BUFFER7	     root      irw

       # If you are using Motif, you probably want these.
       property _MOTIF_DEFAULT_BINDINGS	       rootar iw
       property _MOTIF_DRAG_WINDOW   root      ar iw
       property _MOTIF_DRAG_TARGETS  any       ar iw
       property _MOTIF_DRAG_ATOMS    any       ar iw
       property _MOTIF_DRAG_ATOM_PAIRS	       any ar iw

       # The next two rules let xwininfo -tree work when untrusted.
       property WM_NAME		     any       ar

       # Allow read of WM_CLASS, but only for windows with WM_NAME.
       # This might be more restrictive than necessary, but demonstrates
       # the <required property> facility, and is also an attempt to
       # say "top level windows only."
       property WM_CLASS	     WM_NAME   ar

       # These next three let xlsclients work untrusted.  Think carefully
       # before including these; giving away the client machine name and command
       # may be exposing too much.
       property WM_STATE	     WM_NAME   ar
       property WM_CLIENT_MACHINE    WM_NAME   ar
       property WM_COMMAND	     WM_NAME   ar

       # To let untrusted clients use the standard colormaps created by
       # xstdcmap, include these lines.
       property RGB_DEFAULT_MAP	     root      ar
       property RGB_BEST_MAP	     root      ar
       property RGB_RED_MAP	     root      ar
       property RGB_GREEN_MAP	     root      ar
       property RGB_BLUE_MAP	     root      ar
       property RGB_GRAY_MAP	     root      ar

       # To let untrusted clients use the color management database created
       # by xcmsdb, include these lines.
       property XDCCC_LINEAR_RGB_CORRECTION    rootar
       property XDCCC_LINEAR_RGB_MATRICES      rootar
       property XDCCC_GRAY_SCREENWHITEPOINT    rootar
       property XDCCC_GRAY_CORRECTION	       rootar

       # To let untrusted clients use the overlay visuals that many vendors
       # support, include this line.
       property SERVER_OVERLAY_VISUALS	       rootar

       # Dumb examples to show other capabilities.

       # oddball property names and explicit specification of error conditions
       property "property with spaces"	       'property with "'aw er ed

       # Allow deletion of Woo-Hoo if window also has property OhBoy with value
       # ending in "son".  Reads and writes will cause an error.
       property Woo-Hoo		     OhBoy = "*son"ad

NETWORK CONNECTIONS
       The  X server supports client connections via a platform-dependent sub‐
       set of the following transport types: TCPIP, Unix Domain sockets,  DEC‐
       net,  and several varieties of SVR4 local connections.  See the DISPLAY
       NAMES section of the X(5) manual page to learn  how  to	specify	 which
       transport type clients should try to use.

GRANTING ACCESS
       The  X  server  implements a platform-dependent subset of the following
       authorization protocols: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1, XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1,  XDM-
       AUTHORIZATION-2,	 SUN-DES-1,  and MIT-KERBEROS-5.  See the Xsecurity(5)
       manual page for information on the operation of these protocols.

       Authorization data required by the above protocols  is  passed  to  the
       server  in  a  private  file  named with the -auth command line option.
       Each time the server is about to accept the first  connection  after  a
       reset  (or  when	 the server is starting), it reads this file.  If this
       file contains any authorization records, the local host is not automat‐
       ically allowed access to the server, and only clients which send one of
       the authorization records contained in the file in the connection setup
       information  will  be  allowed  access.	 See the Xau manual page for a
       description of the binary format of this file.  See xauth(1) for	 main‐
       tenance of this file, and distribution of its contents to remote hosts.

       The  X  server  also uses a host-based access control list for deciding
       whether or not to accept	 connections  from  clients  on	 a  particular
       machine.	  If no other authorization mechanism is being used, this list
       initially consists of the host on which the server is running  as  well
       as  any	machines listed in the file /etc/Xn.hosts, where n is the dis‐
       play number of the server.  Each line of the file should contain either
       an  Internet  hostname  (e.g. expo.lcs.mit.edu) or a DECnet hostname in
       double colon format (e.g. hydra::) or a complete	 name  in  the	format
       family:name  as described in the xhost(1) manual page.  There should be
       no leading or trailing spaces on any lines.  For example:

	       joesworkstation
	       corporate.company.com
	       star::
	       inet:bigcpu
	       local:

       Users can add or remove hosts from this	list  and  enable  or  disable
       access  control	using  the  xhost command from the same machine as the
       server.

       If the X FireWall Proxy (xfwp) is  being	 used  without	a  sitepolicy,
       host-based  authorization  must	be turned on for clients to be able to
       connect to the X server via the xfwp.  If xfwp is run without a config‐
       uration	file  and thus no sitepolicy is defined, if xfwp is using an X
       server where xhost + has been run to turn off host-based	 authorization
       checks, when a client tries to connect to this X server via xfwp, the X
       server will deny the connection.	  See  xfwp(1)	for  more  information
       about this proxy.

       The  X protocol intrinsically does not have any notion of window opera‐
       tion permissions or place any restrictions on what a client can do;  if
       a  program  can connect to a display, it has full run of the screen.  X
       servers that support the SECURITY extension fare better because clients
       can  be designated untrusted via the authorization they use to connect;
       see the xauth(1) manual page for details.  Restrictions are imposed  on
       untrusted clients that curtail the mischief they can do.	 See the SECU‐
       RITY extension specification for a complete list of these restrictions.

       Sites that have better authentication and authorization	systems	 might
       wish  to	 make use of the hooks in the libraries and the server to pro‐
       vide additional security models.

SIGNALS
       The X server attaches special meaning to the following signals:

       SIGHUP  This signal causes the server to	 close	all  existing  connec‐
	       tions,  free  all  resources,  and restore all defaults.	 It is
	       sent by the display  manager  whenever  the  main  user's  main
	       application (usually an xterm or window manager) exits to force
	       the server to clean up and prepare for the next user.

       SIGTERM This signal causes the server to exit cleanly.

       SIGUSR1 This signal is used quite differently from either of the above.
	       When  the  server  starts, it checks to see if it has inherited
	       SIGUSR1 as SIG_IGN instead of the usual SIG_DFL.	 In this case,
	       the  server  sends a SIGUSR1 to its parent process after it has
	       set up the various connection schemes.  Xdm uses	 this  feature
	       to recognize when connecting to the server is possible.

FONTS
       The  X  server  can  obtain  fonts  from	 directories  and/or from font
       servers.	 The list of directories and font servers the  X  server  uses
       when trying to open a font is controlled by the font path.

       The    default	 font	 path	is   /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/,
       /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,	    /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/sun/,
       /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/F3bitmaps/,	 /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,
       /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ .

       The font path can be set with the -fp option or by  xset(1)  after  the
       server has started.

SMF PROPERTIES
       Configuration  properties for the /usr/X11/bin/Xserver program are man‐
       aged by the service management  facility,  smf(5),  under  the  service
       identifier:

       svc:/application/x11/x11-server
       Use  svccfg(1M) to make configuration changes and to view configuration
       information for this service.

       /usr/X11/bin/Xserver  will  look	 for  configuration  options  in   the
       instances  in  this  order,  stopping  at the first match for the given
       property:

       1.     :displayN (where N is the display number of the X	 server,  i.e.
	      :display0 for :0)

       2.     Any    class    names   provided	 via   the   -c	  options   to
	      /usr/X11/bin/Xserver.  Multiple -c options may be	 provided,  if
	      so, they are searched in the order found on the command line.

       3.     If  any XDMCP options are provided to open a remote display con‐
	      nection, :remote, otherwise :local

       4.     The default properties for the service

       Class names may be any valid FMRI instance  name.    Sun	 reserves  all
       class  names  beginning	with  lowercase letters for its own use - cus‐
       tomers wishing to create their own class names may use names  beginning
       with an uppercase letter.

       These  properties  may  be set in any instance of x11-server or for the
       service itself:

       options/server
	      (Type astring) The absolute path to the X server binary to  run,
	      currently must be one of:

	      /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun
	      /usr/openwin/bin/Xvfb
	      /usr/X11/bin/Xorg
	      /usr/X11/bin/i386/Xorg
	      /usr/X11/bin/amd64/Xorg
	      /usr/X11/bin/Xvfb
	      /usr/X11/bin/i386/Xvfb
	      /usr/X11/bin/amd64/Xvfb
	      /usr/X11/bin/Xvnc

       options/tcp_listen
	      (Type  boolean)  Setting	this  to  false disables listening for
	      incoming TCP/IP connections (see -nolisten tcp option above).

       options/default_depth
	      (Type int) Sets the depth of the default visual of the X	server
	      started.

       options/server_args
	      (Type astring) Sets additional arguments to pass to the X server
	      started.	Care must be used when using  options  specific	 to  a
	      particular  X server as then it may cause failure to start the X
	      server if the server to be started is later changed to one  that
	      does not support those options.

   Example: Allow remote access
       The following command allows access from remote clients.

       svccfg -s svc:/application/x11/x11-server setprop options/tcp_listen = true

   Example: Enables the XKEYBOARD extension
       The following command enables the XKEYBOARD extension.

       svccfg -s svc:/application/x11/x11-server setprop options/server_args=+kb

FILES
       /etc/Xn.hosts		     Initial  access  control list for display
				     number n

       /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi
				     Bitmap font directories

       /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/True‐
       Type,/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
				     Outline font directories

       /usr/X11/lib/X11/rgb.txt	     Color database

       /tmp/.X11-unix/Xn	     Unix domain socket for display number n

       /tmp/.X11-pipe/Xn	     Named pipe (FIFO) for display number n

       /tmp/rcXn		     Kerberos 5 replay cache for display  num‐
				     ber n

       /usr/adm/Xnmsgs		     Error  log	 file  for display number n if
				     run from init(1m)

       /usr/X11/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors
				     Default error log file if the  server  is
				     run from xdm(1)

       /var/dt/Xerrors		     Default  error  log file if the server is
				     run from dtlogin(1)

SEE ALSO
       General information: X(5)

       Protocols: X Window System Protocol, The X  Font	 Service  Protocol,  X
       Display Manager Control Protocol

       Fonts:  bdftopcf(1), mkfontdir(1), mkfontscale(1), xfs(1), xlsfonts(1),
       xfontsel(1), xfd(1), X Logical Font Description Conventions

       Security: Xsecurity(5), xauth(1), Xau(1),  xdm(1),  xhost(1),  xfwp(1),
       Security Extension Specification

       Starting the server: dtlogin(1), gdm(1), xdm(1), xinit(1)

       Controlling the server once started: xset(1), xsetroot(1), xhost(1)

       Server-specific	man  pages:  Xsun(1),  Xorg(1),	 Xephyr(1),  Xnest(1),
       Xvfb(1), Xprt(1)

       Service management framework: smf(5), svcadm(1M), svccfg(1M)

       Server internal documentation: Definition of the Porting Layer for  the
       X v11 Sample Server

AUTHORS
       The  sample server was originally written by Susan Angebranndt, Raymond
       Drewry, Philip Karlton, and Todd Newman, from Digital Equipment	Corpo‐
       ration,	with support from a large cast.	 It has since been extensively
       rewritten by Keith Packard and Bob Scheifler, from MIT.	 Dave  Wiggins
       took over post-R5 and made substantial improvements.

X Version 11		      xorg-server 1.3.0.0		    XSERVER(1)
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