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Re: Logging into X remotely



On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 04:19:42 -0700 Steve Lamb wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 12:16:00 +0100
> Carlos Sousa <csousa@tvtel.pt> wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 04:06:39 -0700 Steve Lamb wrote:
> > > On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:42:09 +0100
> > > Piers Kittel <edinfo-list@biased.org> wrote:
> > > > Is it possible at all for X on a computer to log in another
> > > > computer remotely?
> 
> > >     Yes.  Look into XDMCP.
> 
> > Another option would be VNC.
> 
>     Not with the parameters he specified.  Eg local X server, no
>     remote X server.

His post is not clear, but I think he means it the other way around
(parenthesis are mine):

   I.e. one computer has XDM and WMaker on it, but without an XFree86
   server (the client?), another computer has a XFree86 server (the
   server?), the computer with WMaker on, logs on to the XFree86 and
   shows the XDM login dialog box (???), and then logs into the server,
   and see the whole display just as if it was on the other computer?

It's not exactly clear what he means, though, but this business of
logging in to another computer's display is easily achievable with
VNC, even if he has to scrap his original requirement details,
whatever they were.

Cheers,

-- 
Carlos Sousa
http://vbc.dyndns.org/



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