<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Connecting X Terminals to Linux Mini-HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Copyright" HREF="copyright.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 >Connecting X Terminals to Linux Mini-HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Salvador J. Peralta</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" > <TT CLASS="EMAIL" ><<A HREF="mailto:speralta@willamette dot edu" >speralta@willamette dot edu</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 1.2 release</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-05-20</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: sjp</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added more information on XFS and XDM configuration.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.0 release</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-12-21</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: sjp</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >First official release. Removed old revision logs.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN22" ></A ><P ></P ><P >This Mini-HOWTO describes how to connect X Terminals with a Linux host using nfs, xfs, xdm and xdmcp. Additionally, the document discusses configuration recommendations to optimize Linux for use as a host system on a network of thin clients. The most current version can be obtained <A HREF="http://www.willamette.edu/~speralta/tldp/xterm" TARGET="_top" >here</A >.</P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="copyright.html" >Copyright</A ></DT ><DT >2. <A HREF="background.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="background.html#XFREE86" >What is XFree86</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="background.html#AEN36" >What is an X Terminal?</A ></DT ><DT >2.3. <A HREF="background.html#INFRASTRUCTURE" >Infrastructure Overview</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="section2.html" >Host Environment</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="section2.html#HARDWARE" >Hardware</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="section2.html#SOFTWARE" >Software</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="configuration.html" >Basic Host Configuration</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="configuration.html#NFS" >Configuring NFS</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="configuration.html#XDM" >Configuring XDM</A ></DT ><DT >4.3. <A HREF="configuration.html#XACCESS" >Configuring Xaccess</A ></DT ><DT >4.4. <A HREF="configuration.html#HOST" >Configuring Host Access</A ></DT ><DT >4.5. <A HREF="configuration.html#XFS" >Configuring the X Font Server</A ></DT ><DT >4.6. <A HREF="configuration.html#XSESSION" >Configuring the X Session</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="advanced.html" >Advanced Host Configuration</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="advanced.html#LIMITSCONF" >Setting User and Group Limits</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="advanced.html#MORELIMITS" >More Limits</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="client.html" >Client Configuration</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >6.1. <A HREF="client.html#BOOT" >The Boot Process</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >7. <A HREF="info.html" >Additional Resources</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >7.1. <A HREF="info.html#LINUXDOCS" >Linux Howto's</A ></DT ><DT >7.2. <A HREF="info.html#MANPAGES" >Man Pages</A ></DT ><DT >7.3. <A HREF="info.html#GUIDES" >Linux Guides</A ></DT ><DT >7.4. <A HREF="info.html#AEN141" >Books</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >8. <A HREF="errata.html" >Errata</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >8.1. <A HREF="errata.html#VERSION" >System Versions</A ></DT ><DT >8.2. <A HREF="errata.html#DISCLAIMER" >Disclaimer</A ></DT ><DT >8.3. <A HREF="errata.html#FEEDBACK" >Feedback</A ></DT ><DT >8.4. <A HREF="errata.html#CREDITS" >Credits</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></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="copyright.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" >Copyright</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >