running remote XDMCP session over ssh

[Chris Green]

On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 04:01:28PM +0200, Holger Krull wrote:
> >is it possible to run remote XDMCP session
> >tunneled over ssh with cygwins' xfree implementation.
> 
> As far as i know, ssh only forwards tcp and XDMCP uses udp so this will 
> not work.
> But why would you need XDMCP if you already have a ssh connection to 
> your remote computer?
> 
To get the whole desktop with the window manager of the remote
computer as opposed to using a local window manager maybe.

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Chris Green (chris@areti.co.uk)