teg@peabody.iusb.indiana.edu (Tim Gurbick) (04/07/91)
Our old xdm (A.00.00) started acting really strangely, and I decided it was time to get something a little more up to date. A quick ftp to hpcvaaz put B.04.00 in my hands, and after some twiddling-around with it, it works like a charm...almost. If any of you have experience with these parameters, I'd love to hear how they work. We're running C2300A. 1. The error log consistently reports that "XDMCP AutoStart" is an invalid keyword in the downloaded config file. XDMCP is enabled, and we're on "direct" to the controlling host, but the "host" field in the TERMINAL screen of the config menus is blank. I have tried capitalization changes, but to no avail. Here are some selected exerpts from the downloaded config (/usr/tftpdir/usr/lib/X11/700X/config/*): Access Control = Off # On or Off (turning this on manually makes no diff) R3 Compatible = On # On or Off Network Config = BootP->Manual# BootP, Manual Entry, or BootP->Manual. Remote Config = On # On or Off. Telnet Auto Start = Off # On or Off. Telnet Host = "129.79.178.1" # Host name or IP address. XDMCP Auto Start = On # On or Off. XDMCP Request = Direct # Direct, Indirect, Broadcast XDMCP Host = "129.79.178.1" # IP address 129.79.178.1 is one of 2 LAN cards in the controlling host. The local 700Xs are all 129.79.178.X, so I'm assuming that 178.1 is correct. The other card is 129.79.196.101, which points to the internet-at-large. 2. I'm trying to get user-based .Xauthority stuff working, since our environment is one of a primary X server with 700Xs attached. So far, I am still able to barge into one user's display whilst logged-in as another user simply by resetting the -display option on any X program. .Xauthority is created automatically at $HOME upon login, with entries being made for each X-terminal I login from. Access control is enabled via preferences, but the condition persists. Some coaching with xauth would help, too... Before anybody asks, I can't RTFM because we don't have easy access to a LaserJet (the docs were in lj "raw" form). Any help would be appreciated! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Tim Gurbick a.k.a. teg@peabody.iusb.indiana.edu Dept of Math & CS: 237-GEEK Help: 911 d.b.a. teg@natasha.iusb.indiana.edu `whois \!TEG12` Traci:0x45 SYSV: just say NO! teg@nova.cc.purdue.edu !hoser The Amiga: Born a Champion Me: International Unix Standards Bored, educational division: (219)237-IHEX address: CS Dept IUSB POB 7111 1700 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, IN 46634 "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody... I'm just having fun." - The Doctor
lapp@hppad.waterloo.hp.com (David Lapp) (04/12/91)
Well lets see, in order:
1) try just
XDMCP = ENABLED
Apparently RTFM wouldn't have helped you as the code and the manuals
have different things for this. (This from a lab guy trying not to
say 'the manuals are wrong' :-).
2) The 700X does not support .Xauthority. At least not in any meaningful
way. It does pass MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE as a password but ... well this
(surprise surprise) doesn't provide much protetction.
The 700X does not support XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1. This is in part due to
export restrictions on DES based code. Sorry.
Hope that helped.
Dave Lapp
lapp@waterloo.hp.com Standard Disclaimer etc...
i.e. I thought it, I wrote it, not HP.