Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 21:12:41 +0200 (MET DST) From: sven@stack.urc.tue.nl (Sven Berkvens) To: Guido.vanRooij@nl.cis.philips.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to turn local system into Xterminal Message-ID: <199506271912.VAA13816@zen.stack.urc.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <m0sQXgf-000HneC@spooky.lss.cp.philips.com> from "Guido van Rooij" at Jun 27, 95 12:16:09 pm
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> I like to have the possibility to sometimes just act as an xterminal, > without having to boot again. Of course I should configure a remote > machines xdm so it is willing to serve me. But what should I do > locally? Just starting an xserver isn't enough of course..How do I tell > the remote machine it should open up the xdm logon window? It's nearly enough to start the X server locally: you do not need to configure anything if your X server works okay. If you'd like to access a remote machine using your local machine as the terminal, you'd type the following instead of typing 'startx': X -query some.remote.host Perhaps you'd like to add the -once option, which will shut down the X server once you've logged out from the session, ie. not return to login prompt. Or, if a remote machine offers you a so-called chooser (from which you can select yet another host to log in to): X -indirect some.remote.host That's all there's to it... > -Guido -Sven Berkvens (System Administrator for MCGV Stack)
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