Remote use of XDMCP

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Sun Mar 19 21:20:12 UTC 2006


Ansar Mohammed wrote:
> I didn't say tunnel XDMCP, I said tunnel X through ssh. 
> 
> Also, even though you are using VPN you have to tell xdmcp which IP address
> to use (and send in the packet datasream) as the source. You typically
> experience the problem you are having if you are multihomed (as a VPN client
> technically is) and your X Client is not using the IP Address used by your
> VPN interface.

That's what I found out from someone else.  I have to use the -from
option in X.  I wonder if there's someway to set that automagically,
when using remote login screen?
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