Re: trying to secure xdmcp over ssh - macbook pro <---> linux
Re: trying to secure xdmcp over ssh - macbook pro <---> linux
- Subject: Re: trying to secure xdmcp over ssh - macbook pro <---> linux
- From: Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:31:56 -0700
Don't use xnest. Just ssh over to the remote system and run the application you want. If you want a nested X11 session, then run Xnest locally and ssh to your remote system within the Xnest server.
On Sep 26, 2010, at 02:15, Audio Phile wrote:
> I would like to use my macbook pro to connect to a Linux server over my LAN via Xdmcp. It's a simple matter of a single command on the Mac from a terminal:
>
> $ Xnest -query 192.168.10.10 -geometry 1270x750 :1
>
> A few seconds later, gdm opens up in the X11 window on the Mac and everything works but this option is not secured. I found several articles suggesting that one can use ssh to secure the connection but I hit a wall getting it to work on the Macbook pro.
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> On the Mac:
>
> $ ssh -X email@hidden -n Xnest -query localhost -geometry 1250x750 :1
> email@hidden password:
> (EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/swrast_dri.so failed (/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/swrast_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
> (EE) GLX: could not load software renderer
> [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/OTF/, removing from list!
> Couldn't get keyboard.
>
> Fatal server error:
> XDMCP fatal error: Manager unwilling Host unwilling
>
> Suggestions are welcomed :)
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