XDM

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

> As a service, it should be possibe. 

Yes it is possible as a service, for that purpose, X should run as a service
too
or at least boot at least should be runing before XDM starts.  You need to
rewrite the XDM code to do this.

>Someone can even create a 
> desktop on
> which the logged in user is different from the one connected 
> on the default
> desktop (i even saw and tried an application running on the winlogon
> desktop).
> 
> For now, I don't say login in NT terms, I just want to have my window
> manager running on a remote station. For now, I can just get 
> my xdm "login
> window" through XVision server on a remote computer (in fact 
> I have the same
> problem that when I run locally).


USE XDMCP. You will get a login screen on the other box.

Suhaib

> 
> Regards,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Suhaib Siddiqi [SMTP:ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com]
> > Sent:	Thursday, May 03, 2001 12:36 PM
> > To:	'cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com'
> > Subject:	RE: XDM
> > 
> > > Simply login into the NT box from another station (running 
> > > another X server)
> > > or from my station (a graphical telnet :-)). 
> > 
> > huh?
> > Ok let us know when you can login to NT box :-)
> > 
> > Suhaib
> > 
> > >For now, the 
> > > test that I do
> > > simply offer a login screen that logs no one (xdm runs under 
> > > my account, but
> > > this is a first step). But it doesn't work. After the 
> > > Verify(...) call, it
> > > tries to close the login window and the X server disappear 
> > > with exit code 0
> > > (and now the .Xauthority file is filled in). When my Xsession 
> > > file is run, I
> > > got _X11Trans... error (due to the fact that the X server 
> has exited).
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From:	Suhaib Siddiqi [SMTP:ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com]
> > > > Sent:	Wednesday, May 02, 2001 5:02 PM
> > > > To:	'cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com'
> > > > Subject:	RE: XDM
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Can you explain what do you really want to do with xdm 
> on Windows?
> > > > Login into what?  
> > > > 
> > > > Suhaib
> > > > 
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Rouyre Frédéric [ mailto:Frederic.Rouyre@osl.be ]
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 9:54 AM
> > > > > To: 'cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com'
> > > > > Subject: RE: XDM
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Ok, it seems that the X server crashes just after the 
> > > > > Greeting Windows got
> > > > > the password, so its the authentication of the 
> > > > > user that makes the XDM child process crash (I'm 
> > > > > investigation further but
> > > > > if someone is interested in XDM on NT, help is appreciated)
> > > > > 
> > > > > regards,
> > > > > 
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From:	Rouyre Frédéric [SMTP:Frederic.Rouyre@osl.be]
> > > > > > Sent:	Wednesday, May 02, 2001 3:08 PM
> > > > > > To:	'cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com'
> > > > > > Subject:	XDM
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi!
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 	I was really interested in having the XDM daemon 
> > > > > running on my NT4
> > > > > > box (i admit it can be dangerous due to the way it is being 
> > > > > run but its
> > > > > > just
> > > > > > a test...). After changing some stuff in the code of 
> > > > > xdm-332 (the only one
> > > > > > I
> > > > > > could get in a single tar...) I got the wanted window. But 
> > > > > what happens is
> > > > > > strange. If I make a copy of the authfile to .Xauthority in 
> > > > > my home dir, I
> > > > > > can execute an X clients. If I remove it, connections are 
> > > > > refused by the
> > > > > > server (that's normal, I suppose). If now I try to log on, 
> > > > > it seems that
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > .Xauthority file is empty. Where do I have to look for 
> > > > > stuff to change? Do
> > > > > > you think it could be due to error caused by cygwin calls 
> > > > > or due to a
> > > > > > *BUGGY* authentication method? (well, every password 
> > > > > "works" for now).
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
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