Remote X11 Connections

[bronto]

Figured the System menu problem out.  There's configuration setting 
in for GDM that allows this.  In the Basic settings.  I enabled it, 
applied it, restarted GDM, and the menus are just as you described. 
Checking XDMCP, it's already enabled.

I prefer to do my server admin in Webmin, and it has an IPtables 
control.  I've initialized it with the option of allowing "all" and 
applied the configuration.  Port 177 still closed.

So it seems I have a firewall problem(?).  Scanning the ports again 
confirms that they are all closed except for the ones that I've had 
open 'forever': 21,22,23,25,80,110,etc.  (It's a web server).  177 is 
still closed.

Next?

Rob



>I don't know why your machine is not displaying the System Menu where it says
>'configure' - it should. Try to update to the latest stuff with apt-get - did
>you install gdm completely (not sure what that entails).
>I think I installed the developer system and then some.
>
>Dan (Burcaw), if you're listening, scrap the TerraSoft GDM thing and add a
>'custom' option in the installer.
>
>Unfortunately, last time I checked, Ximian still did not support YDL 2.3, only
>2.2 ...
>
>about the firewall: you have to put in a rule which lets everything through,
>otherwise, nothing gets in or out - or uninstall it.
>
>Best regards,
>Chris
>
>On Thu October 10 2002 18:09, bronto wrote:
>>  >>Rob,
>>  >>This is all happening on the PC so far. It now waits for the X11 machine
>>  >> (the Linux box) to talk to it.
>>  >
>>  >So is there some way of checking to see if X11 on the server is listening?
>>
>>  I just dug out a port scanner I used when I originally set up my
>>  server and verified that port 177 is in fact CLOSED.  Still thinking
>>  in "Windows mode" I guess, that starting the necessary tools would
>>  open the port automatically.
>>
>>  I'm not behind a hardware firewall at the moment.  I have both
>>  ipchains and iptables installed but I've never done much with it.
>>  There are no rules set up for iptables yet.
>>
>>  Rob
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