For XDMCP connection to Red Hat 7, Red Hat 8, Red Hat 9, Red Hat 3.0 AS
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5 Open /etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following: id:5:initdefault:
2. Enable XDMCP
For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following. [xdmcp] Enable=1
For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following: DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==> !DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line: #* #any host can get a login window ==> * #any host can get a login window Open /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following. [xdmcp] Enable=true
2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction. Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5
For XDMCP connection to Red Hat 5 EL
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5 Open /etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following: id:5:initdefault:
2. Enable XDMCP
For GDM:
Open /etc/gdm/custom.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following. [xdmcp] Enable=1
For KDM:
Open /usr/share/config/kdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line: #* #any host can get a login window ==> * #any host can get a login window Open /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following. [xdmcp] Enable=true
2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction. Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5
For XDMCP connection to Red Hat 4 EL
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5 Open /etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following: id:5:initdefault:
2. Enable XDMCP
For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following. [xdmcp] Enable=true
For KDM:
Open /usr/share/config/kdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line: #* #any host can get a login window ==> * #any host can get a login window Open /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following. [xdmcp] Enable=true
2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction. Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5
For XDMCP connection to Suse 8, Suse 9, Suse 10
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5 Open /etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following: id:5:initdefault:
2. Enable XDMCP
For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following. [xdmcp] Enable=1
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the DisallowTCP entry to false in the [security] section as following. [security] DisallowTCP=false
For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following: DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==> !DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line: #* #any host can get a login window ==> * #any host can get a login window Open /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following. [xdmcp] Enable=true
2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction. Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.