XDMCP over VPN

[Darryl Moore]

Thanks Rob, I'd never heard of xnext before. I installed it and it
worked great.

I also discovered freenx, which from everything I gather is very much
like xnext, except that it runs the X windows session over ssh which is
great for logging in over the internet. As well it has a windows client
which makes work machines more available to regular home users.

THat's both the greatest and worst thing about Linux, is that there are
usually about a dozen ways to skin the cat.

cheers,
darryl

Robert Brockway wrote:
> 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
>