xdmcp

[Stephen Adler]

Is it common then to use a sudo -u theuseriwantXvnctorunas to startup 
Xvnc at boot time? Of is there a way to have gdm run in the Xvnc when it 
starts up and thus one can "log in" and "log out" from the vncview.

Cheers. Steve.

On 11/11/2009 02:35 PM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 02:27:00PM -0500, Stephen Adler wrote:
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>> But the model has changed with everyone having their own PC. But I was
>> wondering, is ther anyway of using xdmcp or somehow take advantage of it
>> to startup a session so that I can do some kind of remote desktop'ing?
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> Yes. In fact, XDMCP still works if you enable X listening to TCP
> on the target machine.
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>> Currently I use vnc and have to log into the system I want to vnc to,
>> startup the vncserver (Xvnc) and then run my vnc client on my desktop.
>> It would be nice if somehow I could run a vncviewer and somehow attach
>> to it as if I had a virtual xterminal. Does that kind of interface exist
>> these days?
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> Didn't you just describe it? If you want Xvnc running all the
> time, then just start it at system boot time. Connect via
> vncviewer. When you quit vncviewer, it won't quit your Xvnc
> session; you can re-connect.
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> I'd advise mandating encryption on such a thing...
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