From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Aug 9 14:26:07 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A7ABCA57A for ; Fri, 9 Aug 2019 14:26:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lee@adminart.net) Received: from mo6-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de (mo6-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de [IPv6:2a01:238:20a:202:5300::6]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "*.smtp.rzone.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 464nbd39b6z4d8q for ; Fri, 9 Aug 2019 14:26:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lee@adminart.net) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1565360762; s=strato-dkim-0002; d=adminart.net; h=References:Message-ID:Date:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From: X-RZG-CLASS-ID:X-RZG-AUTH:From:Subject:Sender; bh=P7XARH1anSq1jUClL3g3o/ZAJKg7j9C1+/u11Bh36gs=; b=GmtSBltZ3omjJ6IK39toVcC39vHUrXlnpTqhyABpckFf8vuddcTmtfx2leP3WzKYjU u3y534kaedwmr3gwKYhAv6XpW0S2xQodoYb4eH53R0l1iHBfx3AVUvHatFz++tnxSil9 oDuOdfvbmmVueaVbHjS8YNAMuvLLnGTmysFTYd9aJIF2S9CIGcUjOJ2KlG1pskwpYCMR I6AtlJMrKd6cGygojl9RJHqORtJ8mbeq8kywE1aH3qdXQeZoG7Qfa3w0QxihEfnqbjgo SoGjHpe9nN0VX3s12y00LjfQK+7igSRENyoQRwlHenPY7OH3B3ta1n96Gh6JvwJ/+cPt oJPw== X-RZG-AUTH: ":O2kGeEG7b/pS1FS4THaxjVF9w0vVgfQ9xGcjwO5WMRo5c+h5ceMqQWZ3yrBp+ARdaXvxIDf7nlw=" X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Received: from himinbjorg.adminart.net by smtp.strato.de (RZmta 44.24 DYNA|AUTH) with ESMTPSA id e0059dv79EQ2w7e (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (curve secp521r1 with 521 ECDH bits, eq. 15360 bits RSA)) (Client did not present a certificate); Fri, 9 Aug 2019 16:26:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from toy.adminart.net ([192.168.3.55]) by himinbjorg.adminart.net with esmtps (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1hw5qD-0001UE-DS; Fri, 09 Aug 2019 16:26:01 +0200 Received: from lee by toy.adminart.net with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1hw5qD-00008G-1V; Fri, 09 Aug 2019 16:26:01 +0200 From: hw To: MJ Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to install into a directory In-Reply-To: (MJ's message of "Wed, 7 Aug 2019 14:15:58 +1000") Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 15:03:05 +0200 Organization: my virtual residence Message-ID: <87wofmxzhy.fsf@toy.adminart.net> References: <871ry05xea.fsf@toy.adminart.net> <18a2c14c-0767-534a-dc48-dbd167180e1b@gmail.com> <87lfw5pzx7.fsf@toy.adminart.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 464nbd39b6z4d8q X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=adminart.net header.s=strato-dkim-0002 header.b=GmtSBltZ; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of lee@adminart.net has no SPF policy when checking 2a01:238:20a:202:5300::6) smtp.mailfrom=lee@adminart.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.87 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[adminart.net:s=strato-dkim-0002]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[adminart.net]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[adminart.net:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.992,0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[hw@adminart.net,lee@adminart.net]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[6.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.3.5.2.0.2.0.a.0.2.0.8.3.2.0.1.0.a.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6724, ipnet:2a01:238::/32, country:DE]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[hw@adminart.net,lee@adminart.net]; IP_SCORE(-0.78)[ipnet: 2a01:238::/32(-3.41), asn: 6724(-0.46), country: DE(-0.01)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 14:26:07 -0000 MJ writes: > You have read the handbook? > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-xdm.html > > Specifically: > > 5.6.2.=C2=A0Configuring Remote Access > > ?? > > That's if I understand your musings correctly? There is no remote access involved. I am PXE booting diskless clients so that users can use xfreerdp to create sessions on and work on an xrdp server. That means when a client boots, it needs to automatically start a local X session in order to run xfreerdp. The idea was to use XDM on the client so a user can log in. Once the user has logged in, XDM needs to start xfreerdp (which creates the problem that the user would have to log in to the server again). I haven't been able to figure out how to make XDM start xfreerdp at all. So I have them log in at the console with their shell set to startx instead.