Re: Configuring remote xdm
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Tim Grogan wrote:
> Hi, being a relative newbie with Debian I'm looking for some help. I'm
> running woody 2.2.20 and KDE. Does anyone have a step-by-step guide on
> setting up xdm to support remote x-windows sessions or that can point me in
> the right direction. I've found a how-to that is geared for Redhat but of
> course directories and files are not the same. Thanks in advance.
>
> Tim
Hi Tim,
Hrm... It's probably a good idea to find out _why_ you want
remote X sessions. Do you want to have many X-terminals around your
room so that you can login to a central computer from any one of them?
If so, xdm is what you want.
If you want to run X applications remotely, from another
computer, xdm is the wrong tool. You will want to use SSH with X11
forwarding.
Simon
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