From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 1 04:52:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01013106566B for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 04:52:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD3EF8FC14 for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 04:52:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id g13so3234600rvb.43 for ; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:52:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=y3W/LB3X/It/4cdfi+rI7oCRYlgtzW9n3E1XLuL3M9Y=; b=aI4Y2I9dGiCMK6Ngy3FWou862+Db/r0z0ugqTjlw2yXt22HN1PNZl8Pif9l0JVHmxdXWuT8aQM2nLcP1XMjGZsIEKGPTy5evjFIQ+Gfi0B13Aj1gpW6T9XHpN7+iX2QMDBcUDveeGPeFiQWmyrCpyZrjbHpfpksdFl0FlFPhjAA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=wgmGmv8FQCSwdT1dD4A0eDKa/PV4k/DMKanILeropFou86IEXoD2SVg3+yyXtYajD3neTP1H/bhs1ZcSc+eym/9tO2ccstVk1msyhPGedz87HrHFtW3DEeHUk76Oc7LVyScA7UMaATb4I6/Tuz51nE5QUIzlLBFlPRDWWozQ+Ic= Received: by 10.141.87.13 with SMTP id p13mr6911113rvl.62.1204347155476; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:52:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from saraswathy.madambakam.org ( [59.92.44.15]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g39sm21998536rvb.16.2008.02.29.20.52.33 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:52:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by saraswathy.madambakam.org (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 0019339FF5C; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 10:22:29 +0530 (IST) Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 10:22:29 +0530 From: Girish Venkatachalam To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080301045229.GA9398@saraswathy.madambakam.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20080301011006.3c61b31a@ilievnet.com> <20080301010139.GA8443@saraswathy.madambakam.org> <20080301043758.004e0065@ilievnet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080301043758.004e0065@ilievnet.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Subject: Re: gdm + xdmcp X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:52:36 -0000 On 04:37:58 Mar 01, Daniel Iliev wrote: > Indeed. It is not my intention to use XDMCP like that (although it has > some advantages in some cases), but since the remote host wasn't on the > local XDMCP list I tried a more direct approach. > Okay. > Sorry, I forgot to mention that. nmap gives: > > PORT STATE SERVICE > 177/udp closed xdmcp > 6000/tcp open X11 > > Actually I think the latter is not required, but I'll let everything be > open and allowing until I get it working, then I'll disable the > unnecessary options afterwards. > Then your problem is right here. The XDMCP port is closed. > Now, this is where I get confused. In the gdm(1) man page it is stated > the configuration file should be gdm.conf. Well, the man page is from > 2003 and "pkg_info -L" doesn't show such a file. Instead there is > "custom.conf{,.default}" and gdmsetup seems to be writing to this one. > Its content seems OK (meaning policy="allow all") to me: > > sed -e '/^$/d;/#/d' /usr/local/etc/gdm/custom.conf > [daemon] > [security] > AllowRemoteRoot=true > DisallowTCP=false The above line seems fine to me. > [xdmcp] > Enable=true > [gui] > [greeter] > Use24Clock=yes > [chooser] > [debug] > [servers] > > > So, I believe there's something about gdm that I'm still missing or > it's just not working on FreeBSD. (bug?) > Don't think so. > > Thanks and the same to you! > > (Although I'd appreciate more help than luck in this case.) > > :) > Open the XDMCP port and you are done. -Girish