XDMCP works for Solaris, not for RHEL

Question

I have some old RHEL4 servers that until recently I was able to connect to remotely with Exceed (remote desktop using XDMCP) from my windowsXP PC. My PC is connected to our network by wired LAN. Recently it seems something has changed in our network. I can still connect to all the old Solaris and HPUX servers with Exceed, but for some reason I can no longer connect to the RHEL4 servers. I assume this is some kind of "security" feature turned on in our network. Does anyone know what this might be, and how I can tell IT to re-enable it?

Update: A colleague has found that he can connect (very slowly) to these RHEL4 boxes with XDMCP if he is using our VPN from home, but when he is in the office using wired LAN he cannot connect to them. So it seems that there is some kind of firewall or ???, part of our wired LAN network, that is blocking XDMCP traffic from RHEL4.

Sounds like `X11Forwarding` is set to `no` in `/etc/ssh/sshd_config`. — moestly, Sep 11 '12 at 18:49

user9517 · Answer 1 · 2012-09-12T20:31:16.763

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I don't think there is much we can do to help. You don't appear to have administrative privileges to "fix" the "problem". You need to find who made the recent changes to your network and work with them to reconfigure the network so you can have the access you need.

edited Sep 12 '12 at 20:31

answered Sep 12 '12 at 20:25

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My IT is telling me that nothing was changed and there is nothing they can do. I need some more information so I can tell them where to look for the cause of the problem. – joshxdr Sep 12 '12 at 20:46

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '12 at 20:19

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I've got this bookmark that helped me a lot, when I once set up XDMCP logins.

answered Sep 11 '12 at 20:19

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I have followed all of the recommendation on that page. Further, nothing in the XDM settings was changed in the last two weeks, so it is hard to explain why XDMCP stopped working. I suspect that some kind of network traffic is being blocked that is particular to Linux XDMCP. – joshxdr Sep 11 '12 at 20:59

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 13 '12 at 15:01

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It seems that I need to use XDMCP over ssh. This is what I did:

(on my Windows PC)

Create a PuTTY session with X11 forwarding ON, display :0

Configure Exceed as multiple windows, passive communication, display 0

Start Exceed

Start Putty with X11 forwarding

Type nedit& (or whatever xwindows app you need)

answered Sep 13 '12 at 15:01

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The solution doesn't involve XDMCP. – user9517 Sep 15 '12 at 12:20

XDMCP works for Solaris, not for RHEL

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