# Linux XDMCP HOWTO

### Thomas Chao

`<tomchao@alcatel-lucent.com>`

Revision History
Revision v1.4 | 11 June 2007 |
Adding info for now popular Ubuntu 7.0.4, RH Commercial Workstation v.3, Fedora Core 6 and 7, new Mandriva.
Revision v1.3 | 2 January 2003 |
Adding info for Red Hat 7.3 & 8.0, Mandrake 8.2 & 9.0, SuSE Linux configuration and contents update.
Revision v1.2 | 15 March 2002 |
Adding more info for Red Hat 7.2, Mandrake 8.1 and Slackware 8.0 Linux configuration and SSH X11 Forwarding.
Revision v1.1 | 20 March 2001 |
Revision and adding RH 7.0.
Revision v1.0 | 01 November 2000 |
Initial revision and release.

This HOWTO describes how you can use the combination of X Display Manager (xdm, kdm and gdm) and XDMCP (X Display Manager Control Protocol) to provide a solution for the X-Terminal and to provide a platform of efficient Remote X Apps environment. This document will takes the focus on how to setup the X connection using XDMCP.

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