GDM and XDMCP

[JB]

Steve Blackwell <zephod <at> cfl.rr.com> writes:

> 
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:29:28 +0000 (UTC)
> JB <jb.1234abcd <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Steve Blackwell <zephod <at> cfl.rr.com> writes:
> > 
> > > 
> > > I want to be able to log in to another computer from this computer
> > > using XDMCP.
> > ...
> > is it about XDMCP Chooser ?
> > 
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_display_manager
> > 
> > Gnome Display Manager Reference Manual
> > http://projects.gnome.org/gdm/docs/2.8/gdm.html
> > 3. Configuration
> > 3.2.6. XDCMP Chooser Options 
> 
> I added AllowAdd=true and Broadcast=true to the custom.conf file and
> DisallowTCP=false to the security section. I also open ports 177,
> 6000-6005 and 7100 in the host's firewall (not the router's) and
> restarted gdm but there was no change. 
> 
> If AllowAdd=true was being honored, there would have to be some way of
> adding a host but there isn't. 
> 
Hi,

there is a mailing list archive
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/
that you can search: xdmcp chooser

I already saw one interesting question/answer item there
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2009-April/msg00004.html

JB