Jan 5, 2011

Enable XDMCP in Linux


Enable XDMCP in Linux

Release:
RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
SUSE Linux 10

Problem:
Need to enable the xdmcp protocol in the Linux server for getting remote using XBrowser.

Solution:

In RHEL Server:

1)      Install the gdm package
# yum install gdm

2)      Enable the xdmcp protocol by adding the below entries in the custom.conf file.
# vi /etc/gdm/custom.conf
[security]
AllowRemoteRoot=true
DisallowTCP=false

[xdmcp]
Enable=true

Note: Here “AllowRemoteRoot=true” used to allow root access.

3)      Restart the gdm service
# gdm-restart

4)      Check weather xdmcp port is opened or not, using netstat command
# netstat –an | grep 177
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:177         0.0.0.0:*  

In SUSE Server:

5)      Install the required 2 packages
# yum install gdm xorg-x11

6)      Set the default display manager by editing the displaymanager file
# vi /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager
DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm"
DISPLAYMANAGER_REMOTE_ACCESS="yes"

7)      Enable the xdmcp protocol by editing the gdm.conf file

# vi /etc/opt/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf
[security]
AllowRoot=true
AllowRemoteRoot=true

[xdmcp]
Enable=true

8)      To make xdmcp listening on xdm by edit the xdm-config file
# vi /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config
!DisplayManager.requestPort:    0

Note: Comment out this line for xdmcp listen on xdm

9)      Restart the service and check with netstat
# rcxdm restart
# netstat –an | grep 177
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:177             0.0.0.0:*

10)   Verify from the Windows client using Xbrowser as root.


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