> 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
