Linux newbie question: problems using XDMCP to remotely start KDE session from a Windows PC

[Nigel Wade]

Sundarapandian A wrote:
> There is one more easy way of doing this. Just follow the steps below
> 
> 1) Make sure you have XFree86 with cygwin is installed on your XP, ssh
> is available on XP machine <you can use telnet also>, X server is
> running on linux/unix host, sshd is running on linux/unix host.
> 2) Make sure your <cygwin dir>/usr/X11R6/bin is specified in PATH then
> start X Windows using the command "XWin.exe -fullscreen -clipboard
> -unixkill -nowinkill"
> 3) Now you will get XWindows sceen without any applications or window
> (You can use ALT+TAB to switch between windows and XWindows)
> 4) Start xterm on your XP machine (terminal will appear on xwindow screen)
> 5) On the command prompt of xterm say "xhost <linux/unix server name or IP>"
> 6) Now on xterm type the command "ssh <username at linux/unix
> servername>" enter password to complete the login
> 7) On the xterm now type "export DISPLAY=<windows XP hostname/IP>:0.0
> 8) Now on xterm execute "startkde &"
> 9) Boooom!! now you'll see KDE on your XP machine!!!!

Boooom!! - anyone else who can login to your Linux box can see everything you 
do, and type. Only do this if security isn't an issue for you.

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