samba - Jul 2000 - XDMCP

Dear SAMBA team:

                   I have a question about SAMBA
because I install red hat linux 6.2 server in our
server and it is in the NT LAN.  I try to let other NT
machine log in to that linux server through Reflection
X.  So I choose SAMBA.  I would want to know that does
SAMBA support XDMCP ?  Because Reflection X use
XDMCP broadcast and it can detect other servers on our
NT LAN.   And if SAMBA supports XDMCP, how could I
"turn it on " so that it can respond the XDMCP
broadcast made from my NT workstation and later on
maybe connect to it from NT workstation.  Thank you.

Sincerely

Nathan

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[Yu-Kang Tsao <nathanatwork@yahoo.com>]
> I try to let other NT machine log in to that linux server through
> Reflection X.  So I choose SAMBA.  I would want to know that does
> SAMBA support XDMCP ?
XDMCP is a protocol for X servers to find out who in a given TCP/IP
broadcast domain is willing to give them a login session.  Samba is a
file server and general net.citizen on SMB networks.

The two have nothing in common.

As for "Reflection X", I haven't heard of it.  Presumably it's
an X
server product for NT, right?

Typically XDMCP broadcasts are answered by `xdm' servers.  Probably
your Linux server includes at least one implementation of xdm.  (There
are at least four free implementations floating around, of which Debian
supports three.)  What you need to do is make sure xdm gets run on
boot, and that the relevant config file (which depends highly on Linux
flavor!) enables remote logins and XDMCP, with whatever access control
policy you feel comfortable with.

Peter