Bob, You are on to something. My ps -ef does show that nolisten was passed to the command stream. Now, the question is, where do I go to modify this behavior? Thanks, Bob
Everyone, I am running fedora core 5 and enjoy it so far, but need some
troubleshooting advice.
I have set xhost + on the system, but the remote client still cannot
open the display to
my system. Which log file is logging the connection attempt and
failure?
Any suggestions? Bob
I there is a "-nolisten" option to the X server which tells it not to listen on port 6000. I this is the problem in your case you should see it in the process table (ps -ef). When nolisten is on, only local
processes
can connect to the display.
I believe the -nolisten is passed to the startx command when your
system
boots, but I do not remember. I remember taking the nolisten out, but
I do
not remember from where.
Bob Styma
Gates, Robert L . wrote:
Bob, You are on to something. My ps -ef does show that nolisten was passed to the command stream. Now, the question is, where do I go to modify this behavior?
Run "gdmsetup". On the "security" tab, un-check the Deny TCP connections.
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:34:03 -0600 "Gates, Robert L ." robert.l.gates@pfizer.com wrote:
Bob, You are on to something. My ps -ef does show that nolisten was passed to the command stream. Now, the question is, where do I go to modify this behavior? Thanks, Bob
Bob,
My guess is you've already found this ;o), but try:
System -> Administration -> Login Screen -> Security
and uncheck:
Deny TCP connections to Xserver
You'll have to log out and back in afterward.
Also make sure the iptables firewall is disabled or has appropriate entries made.
HTH, Sean
I there is a "-nolisten" option to the X server which tells it not to listen on port 6000. I this is the problem in your case you should see it in the process table (ps -ef). When nolisten is on, only local processes can connect to the display.
Gates, Robert L . wrote:
Bob, You are on to something. My ps -ef does show that nolisten was passed to the command stream. Now, the question is, where do I go to modify this behavior?
/etc/gdm/custom.conf
#DisallowTCP=true
Uncomment and change to false. Restart gdm.
Please bear in mind that opening up remote X isn't a great idea from a security point of view. Using X tunnelling though ssh is a much better idea. (Simply do ssh -X user@hostname from your remote machine).
Simon.
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