Sam Smith composed on 2017-07-10 22:12 (UTC-0500): ... > But what the heck? KDM with XDMCP was a feature. And it just worked. > Maybe I missed something, but am I seriously reduced to using this > complete "run X as setuid root so I can run startx as a normal user so I > can run x11vnc to use my desktop" hack??
LightDM and SDDM feature sets fall short of KDM's. > Or is there a better way? I never do remote GUI logins myself, but you could try the only DM I have installed on any of my Stretch installations, the current incarnation of the same *old* way: http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb/pool/main-r14/t/tdebase-trinity/tdm-trinity_14.0.5~pre18-0debian10.0.0+3~a_amd64.deb https://www.trinitydesktop.org/about.php https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Preliminary_Stable_Builds >From tdmrc: [Xdmcp] # Whether TDM should listen to incoming XDMCP requests. # Default is true Enable=false # The UDP port on which TDM should listen for XDMCP requests. Do not change. # Default is 177 #Port=177 # File with the private keys of X-terminals. Required for XDM authentication. # Default is "" #KeyFile=/etc/trinity/tdm/tdmkeys # XDMCP access control file in the usual XDM-Xaccess format. # Default is "/etc/trinity/tdm/Xaccess" #Xaccess= # Number of seconds to wait for display to respond after the user has # selected a host from the chooser. # Default is 15 #ChoiceTimeout=10 # Strip domain name from remote display names if it is equal to the local # domain. # Default is true #RemoveDomainname=false # Use the numeric IP address of the incoming connection on multihomed hosts # instead of the host name. # Default is false #SourceAddress=true # The program which is invoked to dynamically generate replies to XDMCP # DirectQuery or BroadcastQuery requests. # If empty, no program is invoked and "Willing to manage" is sent. # Default is "" Willing=/etc/trinity/tdm/Xwilling -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
