Re: [xfree] Fwd: Re: XDMCP

[Steven Whatley <swhatley at hal-pc dot org>]

Have you modified Cygwin's /etc/hsots.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files?  
I'm trying this but no go yet.

Later,
Steven

On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, David Calkins wrote:
> Well, tried it again to make sure, and if I run XWin *without* the -query 
> option, I can set my DISPLAY to 127.0.0.1:0.0 and then run xhost and it 
> (xhost) works.  If I then connect via the VPN to my work's intranet, and 
> then run XWin *with* the -query option, xhost now hangs.......  argh!  I 
> think I'm *very* close to having this work.  I just need to convince X to 
> allow my work machine to connect back to my home machine..
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> >I'm seeing the following in /tmp/XWin.log
> >
> >AUDIT: Mon Nov 18 22:22:19 2002: 5924 XWin: client 1 rejected from IP 
> ><WORKMACHINEIP> port 3468
> >
> >I get a bunch of the above messages in my XWin.log.  Sounds like we're 
> >both having problems with convincing the X server that we do, in fact, 
> >want to allow connections from the work machine.
> >
> >I tried using xhost, but it just hangs if I run it while my X server is 
> >running (with the -query option).  Anyone know how else I can tell my X 
> >server to trust a remote host?
> >
> >Dave
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> >>From: Steven Whatley <swhatley@hal-pc.org>
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> >>Subject: Re: XDMCP
> >>
> >>The error I am getting in the ~/.xsessoin-errors is:
> >>
> >>Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> >>Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> >>
> >>Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Steven
> >>
> >>From: "Papa Fox" <papafox888 at hotmail dot com>
> >>Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:23:17 +1100
> >>Subject: Re: XDMCP
> >>
> >>It looks like the unix login is happening.  What's in ~/.xsession-errors?
> >>
> >>PapaFox
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "David Calkins" <dcalk@verizon.net>
> >>To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
> >>Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 5:11 AM
> >>Subject: XDMCP
> >>
> >> > I'm trying to connect up to a machine at work using XDMCP.  My home
> >> > machine is Win2k + Cygwin + XFree86.  I made sure to use the cygwin setup
> >> > program to get the latest packages.  I'm using the -query option to do 
> >> this,
> >> > i.e. XWin -depth 32 -engine 4 -fullscreen -refresh 85 -screen 0 1024 768
> >> > -query $remotehost
> >> > I get the login screen, enter my username and password and attempt to
> >> > login.  For some reason, I just get bounced back to the login screen
> >> > again.  I've been unable to get this to work.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas as to what could cause this?
> >
> 
> 

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