<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Linux XDMCP HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="intro.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >Linux XDMCP HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Thomas Chao</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" > <TT CLASS="EMAIL" ><<A HREF="mailto:tomchao@alcatel-lucent.com" >tomchao@alcatel-lucent.com</A >></TT ><br> </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REVHISTORY" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.4</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >11 June 2007</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Adding info for now popular Ubuntu 7.0.4, RH Commercial Workstation v.3, Fedora Core 6 and 7, new Mandriva.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.3</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2 January 2003</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Adding info for Red Hat 7.3 & 8.0, Mandrake 8.2 & 9.0, SuSE Linux configuration and contents update.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.2</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >15 March 2002</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Adding more info for Red Hat 7.2, Mandrake 8.1 and Slackware 8.0 Linux configuration and SSH X11 Forwarding.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >20 March 2001</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Revision and adding RH 7.0.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >01 November 2000</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Initial revision and release.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN31" ></A ><P ></P ><P > This HOWTO describes how you can use the combination of X Display Manager (xdm, kdm and gdm) and XDMCP (X Display Manager Control Protocol) to provide a solution for the X-Terminal and to provide a platform of efficient Remote X Apps environment. This document will takes the focus on how to setup the X connection using XDMCP. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="intro.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="intro.html#DISCLAIMER" >Disclaimer</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="intro.html#FEEDBACK" >Feedback</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="procedure.html" >The Procedure</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="procedure.html#AEN52" >Before you begin, some background</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="procedure.html#SECURITY" >Security Reminder</A ></DT ><DT >2.3. <A HREF="procedure.html#SYSTEM" >The System I use</A ></DT ><DT >2.4. <A HREF="procedure.html#REMOTE" >Remote Client Piece</A ></DT ><DT >2.5. <A HREF="procedure.html#PREP" >Server Preparation</A ></DT ><DT >2.6. <A HREF="procedure.html#STEPS" >Steps to Complete the Procedures</A ></DT ><DT >2.7. <A HREF="procedure.html#TESTING" >Testing</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="ssh.html" >X11 Forwarding using SSH</A ></DT ><DT >4. <A HREF="ts.html" >Troubleshooting</A ></DT ><DT >5. <A HREF="gdm.html" >XDMCP and GDM (Gnome Display Manager)</A ></DT ><DT >6. <A HREF="refs.html" >Additional References</A ></DT ><DT >7. <A HREF="au.html" >Authors</A ></DT ><DT >8. <A HREF="copyright.html" >Copyright Information</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="intro.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >