I'm trying to configure XDM on two Debian/Linux boxes. On each of them XDM should present the CHOOSER menu with both, and the user can then select any to work on. After a week of experimenting and reading all available documentation I gave up. So, any suggestion is appreciated.
Let's have hostA nad hostB, and assume that hostA is providing the CHOOSER menu. In hostA:/etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess we specify: *.local.sub.net #for direct query *.local.sub.net CHOOSER hostA hostB #for indirect query On both, hostA and hostB:/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers we specify: :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt7 -indirect hostA After starting xdm on hostB, we get the CHOOSER menu ok, but hostA:/var/log/xdm-errors says: Xlib: connection to "hostB.local.sub.net:0.0" refused by server Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb: Can't open display 'hostB.local.sub.net:0' and, of course, one cannot choose hostA from the menu (instead, XDM login for hostB shows up). So, I turned off authorization on both, hostA and hostB:/etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config: DisplayManager*authorize: false and added weaker host authorization to /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup: xhost +localhost +hostA +hostB This doesn't help either. hostA gives the same error message, and hostB repots (every 15 seconds): AUDIT: Tue Nov 3 17:38:59 1998: 675 X: client 1 rejected from local host Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server AUDIT: Tue Nov 3 17:39:14 1998: 675 X: client 3 rejected from local host Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server If I start XDM with empty /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers (so that no local X server is started) and later start X server manually by > /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt7 -indirect hostA things seem to work. So, what is the proper authorization setup for XDM ? -Igor Mozetic