Remote logon via XDMCP to Solaris and Linux

[Terje J. Hanssen]

Alexander Gottwald wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Terje J. Hanssen wrote:
>
> > I have installed Cygwin/X on Windows2000 to establish a remote session
> > via XDMCP and by using a direct query to a Solaris7/CDE host and to a
> > Linux/SJDS/Gnome host (Sun Java Desktop System R2 based on SLD/SLES8).
> > The Windows PC use DHCP via ISP/ADSL (that is no fixed IP to set up).
> > I have disabled the local Zone alarm firewall on Windows, and run a VPN
> > client software locally to connect to/through the remote, corporate
> > firewall router and network using NAT.
>
> XDMCP does not work with NAT. use ssh with X11Forwarding instead.
>
Well, I don't have an ssh server installed or available neither on the 
Solaris or the Linkux host.
And the only connection is through the desribed VPN tunnel and 
router/firewall.
Therefore I tried wihthout ssh as follows (which I believe also is 
secure over a VPN tunnel):

On Windows:
startxin
/usr/X11R6/bin/xhost remote_solaris_host
rlogin remote_host
setenv DISPLAY local_win_ip
xterm&

But still I got the error: Can't open display local_win_ip !?

And what about my previous larger font question 2) ?

Regards,

Terje J. Hanssen