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How do I enable XDMCP on my Unix machine

On most Unix/Linux distributions XDMCP is disabled by default.

In order to enable your server to accept XDMCP connections you need to modify a few configuration files.

The configuration files are located in different directories depending on the distribution.

Please select the version you are currently using

  1. XDMCP Red Hat EL 4
  2. XDMCP Red Hat EL 5
  3. XDMCP Fedora Core
  4. XDMCP SuSe Linux
  5. XDMCP Kubuntu
  6. XDMCP Solaris 9 and below
  7. XDMCP Solaris 10
  1. XDMCP General Instructions

    Note also that firewall ports must be opened. For a listing of which ports need to be opened, please see
    What ports need to be opened for XDMCP

    See Also
    Securely tunnel my desktop through SSH

    Category:FAQ
    Category:Sessions -> Xdmcp



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