Re: Help in understanding XDMCP required
On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 20:34 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote:
> In my house, I have two linux machines, both running debian.
>
> One, a server, acts as the firewall /gateway between my internal network and
> the external internet and runs sshd. I have a logon account on this machine.
>
> The other is my workstation, and runs KDM to allow me to logon and run KDE.
>
> I also have a (work provided) laptop running Windows XP, onto which I have
> installed Putty and Gygwin/X.
>
> When this laptop is on my home network, I can run up a remote session into the
> KDM logon using XDMCP, and effectively log into my workstation from the
> laptop.
>
> When I am outside my house, this is not possible directly, because of the
> firewall. I do have an open port, which allows me to SSH (using Putty) from
> my laptop into my logon account on the server, and I do have X-Forwarding
> enabled in the sshd on my server machine.
>
> I have been able, with a second ssh hop onto my workstation from the server
> (also forwarding X) to run individual X based applications so that the
> display is on the laptop, but I can't figure out how to get it to operate so
> the whole desktop gets displayed there. Is it possible? and if so How
Not directly responsive, I know, but you could certainly run a VNC
server on the workstation (serving up a complete desktop) and then ssh
to your firewall (with X forwarding) and run VNCviewer there to display
your complete desktop session back to your laptop. A little indirect,
but it does work.
HTH,
--
Bob Smither, PhD Circuit Concepts, Inc.
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