xdmcp error

[J S]

> > The hostname for the ip address was right on my windows machine but
> > different on the dns server checked by splhrl81 so there's a problem 
>with
> > that DNS server. But, why is XFree trying to get my hostname when I've
> > already given it my IP address?
>
>It's not the xserver which does the translation. The xserver is sending out
>the from address and the xdmcp server does a reverse lookup and then uses 
>this
>name.
>
>bye
>	ago
>--

Thanks Alex,

Presumably I can configure the xdmcp server not to do a reverse lookup.

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