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On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 02:21:24PM -0800, redhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I'm am writing a script that sets some various security settings on > Redhat Boxes. I would like to try to determine if a gui may be running > on the box the script is run on. If so, I would echo some additional > text to stdout that instructs the user that they may required to > manually perform some additional settings manually. Things having to do > with screen savers. Anyway, I thought about the following: > > 1. use the runlevel command or who -r to see if the system is in > runlevel 5. This seems flawed since the box may have been started in > runlevel 3 and the startx command may have been used. The commands would > show runlevel 3. > 2. Check if the environment variable DISPLAY is set. If so, seems like > there is a good chance that they are running a gui. (maybe) > > Is there a better way to check this that anyone can think of? Would it be sufficient for your needs to check is the X process is running? Theoretically, there is probably some way to interact with a running X server directly from a script (even if you're not in control of its terminal) to determine if it's running. Also, X typically listens on port 6000 locally. Ray _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: redhat-install-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: unsubscribe