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Re: Remote logon via XDMCP to Solaris and Linux
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:18:17 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: Remote logon via XDMCP to Solaris and Linux
- References: <414790E8.4020201@monet.no>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, Terje J. Hanssen wrote:
> > you can add the hostname to /etc/X0.hosts
> > This will always grant the host access
> >
>
> "hostname" or "hostname +" ?
$ cat /etc/X0.hosts
localhost
> Does Cygwin/X also need or use a user based auhentication?
There are several authentication mechanisms. The host based and a
ticket based. The hostbased is configured with xhost, /etc/X0.hosts
and the ticket based with xauth
see man Xsecurity for details.
> >> rlogin remote_host
> >> setenv DISPLAY local_win_ip
> >
> > setenv DISPLAY local_win_ip:0.0
>
> I wonder why sometimes :0.0 is needed and other times not?
Where is :0.0 not required? :0.0 names the port where the xserver is listening
for connections. :0.0 -> port 6000, :1.0 -> port 6001, :x.0 -> port 6000+x
> But is it possible to configure the default startup of startxwin.bat and
> xterm from the program start menu?
no. But you can edit the startxwin.bat script.
bye
ago
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