Remote login - xdm

[Carsten Schlipf]

You mentioned Yast, So I assume you are talking about SuSE Linux.

Check /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and see if
DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER_TCP_PORT_6000_OPEN is set to true.

Maybe this helps.

Larry Howe wrote:
> Does anyone know how to configure / use remote login (xdm). I already have 
> Desktop Sharing working, but it isn't quite what I want. There is way too 
> much network traffic, and I have some reliability problems. I use remote 
> login routinely at work, and it works well, so I'd like to try it at home. I 
> checked the docs and have made some progress, but I can't seem to get it to 
> work. Here is what I have configured / tried so far. Any help appreciated.
> 
> Also, are there any other better tools for this task?
> 
> Larry Howe
> 
> On the client: ====================================
> 
> Configuration: ========
> 
> in /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc, I added a single line for LoginMode.
> 
> [X-:*-Greeter]
> AdminSession=YaSTadminSession
> LoginMode=DefaultLocal
> 
> Usage: ============
> 
> After changing kdmrc, on the X login screen, I now can go Menu / Remote Login. 
> That brings up a new screen, titled XDMCP Host Menu. I typed the server name 
> in Host and clicked Add. Now the server appears in the list, showing the host 
> name, how many users are currently logged in, and the system load (=> it's 
> communicating with the server).
> 
> If I select the host and click Accept, the screen flashes a few times, the 
> stopwatch shows for several seconds, then the _local_ X login screen comes 
> back again.
> 
> Logs: =============
> 
> kdm.log:
> 
> Fatal server error:
> XDMCP fatal error: Session declined No valid address
> 
> /var/log/messages:
> 
> Dec 26 10:52:39 pickle kdm: :0[5302]: pam_unix2: session started for user 
> lhowe, service xdm
> 
> On the server: ===================================
> 
> Configuration: =========
> 
> Yast / Security and Users / Security Settings / Next / Next / Next / Allow 
> Remote Graphical Login (the help for this option says "Checking this allows 
> access to a graphical login screen for this machine over the network. Remote 
> access to your machine via xdm might be a security risk."
> 
> Logs: ==============
> 
> I'm not sure whether anything is going in the logs or not. Sometimes I see 
> nothing in the logs. Other times I get, in kdm.log:
> 
> SetClientVersion: 0 8
> SetGrabKeysState - disabled
> AUDIT: Sat Dec 25 15:08:27 2004: 4783 X: client 27 rejected from local host
>   Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1
> SetGrabKeysState - enabled
> SetClientVersion: 0 8
> SetGrabKeysState - disabled
> SetGrabKeysState - enabled
> SetClientVersion: 0 8
> SetGrabKeysState - disabled
> SetGrabKeysState - enabled
> SetClientVersion: 0 8
> SetGrabKeysState - disabled
> SetGrabKeysState - enabled
> 
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