How to get tcp listen port

Thiago Macieira thiago at kde.org
Mon Feb 25 22:57:17 PST 2008


Joshua Swink wrote:
>I'm curious as to how client applications currently determine the
>system dbus address. DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS doesn't get set, yet they
>still find it. Are they just hardcoding
>/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket?

Yes.

Client applications do not read configuration files. Only the bus daemon 
does.

Why do you need the system bus to be on a TCP port anyways? What's wrong 
with Unix sockets on your system?

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