Re: GDM Hosts Browser.

[dennis <dennis loom net au>]

James...

What I want to be able to do is log into any linux system at home over the
network and have
access to MY desktop, My window manager, My application, My settings etc..
from any system on the network.

Is that possible ?
I was told xdm can do it.
If so, what do I need to do to set it up ?

Cheers




> Hi all.
> I'm in the process of setting up a linux network at home and I'm going
> to use gnome on both systems.
> I will be using GDM on both also.
> I read  gdm. /usr/doc/gdm-1.0.0/gdm-manual.txt .....especially the
> section on XDMCP and UDP port 177 (as senn below)
>
> 4.6 Section: [xdmcp]
> Enable=1
>         Enables XDMCP support allowing remote displays/X terminals to
>         be managed by gdm.
>
>         gdm listens for requests on UDP port 177. Access from remote
>         displays is controlled by the TCP Wrappers library. The
>         service name is `gdm'.
>
>         You should add
>
>                 gdm:    .my.domain
>
>         or something similar to /etc/hosts.allow. See the
>         hosts_access(5) man page for details.
>
>         Please note that XDMCP is not a particularly secure protocol
>         and that it is a good idea to block UDP port 177 on your
>         firewall unless you really need it.
>
> I stilll dont understand how to connect from another system on the
> netwoek.
>
> HELP
>
> Cheers
> Dennis
>
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