No Remote Access to the Display Manager in SuSE Linux 8.0

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions since 8.0

Symptom

Remote access to the display manager does not work.

Solution

The access has been disabled for security reasons. To activate it, set the following values in the file /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager:
DISPLAYMANAGER_REMOTE_ACCESS="yes"
DISPLAYMANAGER_STARTS_XSERVER="no"
Now execute the commands:

SuSEconfig
init 3
init 5

After that, the graphical login will no longer start. You can also use the following command from any computer

X -query computer_name

to use the login window of that computer on your own machine.
See also:
o No Remote Access to the Display Manager

Keywords: REMOTE, XFREE86, X11, XDMCP, DISPLAY MANAGER

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