XDMCP over VPN

[Robert Brockway]

On Wed, 7 Oct 2009, Darryl Moore wrote:

> Does any one have any thoughts on this arrangement? And the big question
> is. How the %$$#@% do I get a login window on the client without first
> having to logout. Once upon a time there was an option for "new login"

Hi Darryl.  To use XDMCP to make a connection to the remote system you 
should start an Xserver locally  This can be an X server connecting to the 
video hardware or you can use something like Xnest to start a new X 
session 'in a window'.

You can make a direct or indirect query to establish a session under 
XDMCP.  A direct query is probably what you want.  You can do something 
like:

Xnest -query REMOTE_SERVER

The remote server has to have an XDMCP aware app like gdm running and 
accepting the right sort of request (direct, indirect or both).

Any intervening firewalls needs to allow the XDMCP & X traffic to pass.

HTH.

Cheers,

Rob

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