Humaid,

Yes, the display manager on the server is trying to map the
IP address to a hostname.  So, there needs to be some method
of doing that.  Either the /etc/hosts file, or you need the
workstations entered into your DNS tables, both forwards and
reverses.

Jim McQuillan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]



On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Humaid, Abdallah A (TCCOD) wrote:

> Is maintaining a host file for your workstations on the LTSP server
> required?
> 
> We do not seem to have a problem with NFS permissions even thought the
> hosts file does not contain an entry for workstations. 
> 
> But the XDM does not start up until and entry is added. How can we avoid
> having to do this for each workstation? 
> 
>  
> 
> Here are the messages that the log is reporting 
> 
>  
> 
> Kdm[1508] server open failed for 10.13.81.114, giving up
> 
> Kdm[1331] Display 10.13.81.114:0 cannot be opened
> 
> Kdm[1331] cannot convert Internet address 10.13.81.114 to hostname
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks 
> 
>  
> 
> Abdallah A. Al-Humaid 
> 
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> 
>  
> 
> 

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