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Re: Linux as an X client
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Yannai A. Gonczarowski wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm sorry if this question is simple, but I searched and found no answer.
> I know that XDM can be used to make your linux an X server (X terminals can
> connect to it, get a login screen, and connect as if they were on the mother
> machine).
> I was wondering if there is any way of making linux the client.
> For example, if I have two linux boxes, one is my main one, and the other is
> pretty much a skeleton linux with X:
> I want the second machine to give me a graphic welcome screen, and when I log
> in, I'll have the window manager, applications, and everything as if I was in
> front of the screen of the first machine.
> To enable this on the first machine, I uncomment the part with "CHOOSER
> BROADCAST" in the Xaccess file. What do I do in the second one?
edit /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers , put in the following line:
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -query server.domain.org
next,
kill -HUP `cat /var/run/xdm.pid`
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