also try "rdesktop". Pretty good utility --- Jonathan Bartlett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been using Windows 2000 Advanced server and > i was wondering if there is any kind of terminal > services software on Linux that can project the > current X windows session over a network to a > differnt computer. What i am looking to do is setup > a Linux file server and basically connect using user > logins from accross the network to the server so > each user had its own area etc... > > > > If i could connect accross a network to the server > and get it to the display the login screen on the > workstations it would be perfect. If anyone knows > how to do this or has any ideas i would love to hear > from you. > > X does this natively, and has had this ability for > about 20 years :) > > Anyway, If you are running gdm, you just have to > make sure it's set to > allow remote requests. In /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf, in > the [xdmcp] section, > set Enable=True and you should be good to go. On > another machine, just do > > nohup X -query hostname :1 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null & > > and you will find yourself with a nice little login > screen. You can > switch between that screen and your main windowing > screen using alt-F# or > clt-alt-F# keys (Red Hat usually has X on F7, and > your new one will > probably be on F8, but it may be somewhere else). > > The :1 is the display number. By default, the one > you are looking at is > :0. Since :0 is already taken, you have to choose > another one. The > -query tells X where to look to login to. On my > machine, I had to wrap it > with nohup .... >/dev/null 2>/dev/null & or else it > would screw up my > original display (this may be due to my funky > graphcis card, though). > > Anyway, if you have any questions let me know. > > Also LTSP and K12LTSP have distributions set up > specifically for this, > including remote-booting (i.e. - your clients don't > even need a hard drive > - they can boot up straight over the network). > > As I said, UNIX has been doing this for something > like 20 years, so it > works quite well. > > Jon > > > > > > Thanks for your time... > > > > > > Keystone7 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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