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Re: Remote logon via XDMCP to Solaris and Linux

From: "Terje J. Hanssen" <nteknikk at monet dot no>
To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:19:02 +0200
Subject: Re: Remote logon via XDMCP to Solaris and Linux
Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com

Thomas Chadwick wrote:

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