On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 21:35, Louis Selvon wrote: > Hi: > > I cannot find the file gdm.conf on Red hat Linux 7.1. > > On Red hat 7.2 I can find it under /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf > > Where is it for RH 7.1 ?
I suspect it's somewhere obscure in /usr/X11R6/lib/something. "locate gdm.conf" or "find / -name gdm.conf" will find it for you. > > I want to manually enable xdmcp for a server located across the web, > and see if cgiwin/XFREE86 can send me the graphical display for the > server. Whoa there tiger. xdm is cool for local networks, but there's no way I'd do it accross the internet. There are two compelling reasons why: 1. It's insecure. 2. SSH lets you do the same thing, with compression! Here's what I suggest as an alternative: Get teraterm and ttssh (only because I know for a fact that it can do X forwarding). Start your X server. Run ttssh and connect to your server in the US - set ttssh to "forward X connections". Start whatever program you need to use accross the internet. Crank up the compression settings on teraterm and you'll find this is generally a less painful experience. You could for example run gnome-panel and get your gnome foot thing. There's probably some additional gotchas, but that's the basic principle - forward X over your SSH tunnel. If you're doing remote administration you *need* ssh. The ssh that ships with cygwin will do this as well IIRC. > I initially tried VNC for this but never got it working. So I gave up. But I > am feeling confident with cgiwin/XFREE86. there are two really nice things about vnc - first is that you have a persistent session, second is that you can tunnel it over ssh. Might be worth persisting with, depending on what you really need. Getting ssh to forward X is probably the easiest. HTH, James. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
