RHEL6 -How to control X server startup options e.g. Xorg -audit

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I found a post in the knowledge base showing how to set the -nolisten option.  I however need to set the -audit option when X server starts.  It is a security requirement for our Security Readiness Review checks our customer requires.  Currently for RHEL5 we use gdmsetup to set that option, however with gdmsetup deprecated for RHEL6, how do I set this option?

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Phil Jensen's picture Guru 3262 points
19 October 2011 8:34 PM

I think you can add it to /etc/gdm/custom.conf.

There's a huge config doc on all of the options that are available. This might be a good reference:

http://projects.gnome.org/gdm/docs/2.14/configuration.html?pagewanted=all

Have a look at section 4.2.8. Using the command directive inside of an X server definition should allow you to pass arbitrary options to the X server.

rh Red Hat Guru 1429 points
2 November 2011 6:10 PM

This is a known issue with RHEL6, and currently proposed to resolved with 6.3, but not committed for inclusion. Please contact support for further information.

 

  Alternatively, one would have to rebuild gdm with "-audit )" replaced with "-audit 4" in "configure" file.

 

 

Upstream bugzilla

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=632045

 

Private bugzillas.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738462

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717866

 

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