[lug] Does xdmcp not bind to localhost somehow?

[Harris, James]

Yes, this is what I'm thinking.  I don't know where it might be set, though
-- I've been looking.  I was thinking it might use the Xaccess file that xdm
uses, but I've added *, 127.0.0.1, localhost and localhost.localdomain to it
and I get the same thing.  Here's something interesting in my /var/gdm
directory:

This is the log and contents that it creates when I try localhost:
[root at munch gdm]# cat localhost.localdomain\:1.log
Xlib: connection to "localhost.localdomain:1.0" refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server

This is the log and contents that it creates when I try using it's hostname
(this was a successful connect):
[root at munch gdm]# cat munch.mlm.maxtor.com\:1.log
Gdk-ERROR **: X connection to munch.mlm.maxtor.com:1.0 broken (explicit kill
or
server shutdown).

Here's what I believe to be the important part of my Xaccess file:
# In all cases, xdm uses the first entry which matches the terminal;
# for IndirectQuery messages only entries with right hand sides can
# match, for Direct and Broadcast Query messages, only entries without
# right hand sides can match.
#

*                                       #any host can get a login window

Are there any other security controls that I'm missing?
Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: D. Stimits [mailto:stimits at idcomm.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 18:00
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject: Re: [lug] Does xdmcp not bind to localhost somehow?


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
_______________________________________________
Web Page:  http://lug.boulder.co.us
Mailing List: http://lists.lug.boulder.co.us/mailman/listinfo/lug