Remote logon via XDMCP to Solaris and Linux

Terje J. Hanssen nteknikk@monet.no
Tue Sep 14 22:18:00 GMT 2004


Thomas Chadwick wrote:

>> On Windows:
>> startxin
>> /usr/X11R6/bin/xhost remote_solaris_host
>> rlogin remote_host
>> setenv DISPLAY local_win_ip
>> xterm&
>
>
> The problem is with the value you set DISPLAY to.  You want to use the 
> IP address associated with the far end of the VPN.  Figuring out that 
> value isn't always easy.


I run "ipconfig" on the local Windows PC, which give me the current IP 
(delievered from dhcp).
Isn't that correct value to use?

Terje J. Hanssen




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