[lug] Does xdmcp not bind to localhost somehow?

[D. Stimits]

John Karns wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Bonnell, Doug said:
> 
> > Yes, I've tried localhost also. Didn't work. Seems to
> > need a hard IP number of a name from /etc/hosts.
> >
> > Don't recall if I used 127.0.0.1 or not.
> 
> How about a hack of adding a dummy alias to etc/hosts which is linked to
> the IP.  This would assume that the IP is static of course.  If you're
> doing this on more than one machine then this would enable you to
> replicate the scheme using the same name.
> 
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> John Karns                                        jkarns at csd.net
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I am guessing that the authorization/security features would require you
to allow by specific names or ip's. Even if the hosts file says they are
the same, gdm/kdm and general X11 security could be interfering.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com