Xmanager FAQ

Remote Host Configuration

Answer
For XDMCP connection to Red Hat 7, Red Hat 8, Red Hat 9, Red Hat 3.0 AS
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=1

 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5
For XDMCP connection to Red Hat 5 EL
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/gdm/custom.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=1

 For KDM:
Open /usr/share/config/kdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5
For XDMCP connection to Red Hat 4 EL
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

 For KDM:
Open /usr/share/config/kdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5