Re: HTML to PDF Generator (X-Server on i)

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi Dennis,

The only thing I've ever done with xdm (and this was on FreeBSD, not i) 
was to present a sign-on screen for local users to login.  xdm didn't 
present a desktop or anything like that, just a sign-on panel.  I needed 
to use a window manager to get a desktop.

As I mentioned, IBM includes the iceWM window manager (and presumably 
twm is there as well -- it usually is with XFree86 -- but I didn't try it)

Regarding VNC... I typically use a VPN to connect from outside of the 
LAN, so the VPN would protect VNC.  I've also used SSH's tunneling (both 
for direct X11, and for VNC) and it works fine.




On 8/5/2010 4:49 PM, Dennis Lovelady wrote:
> Wow, thanks, Scott, for that excellent synopsis!  While I cannot really do
> anything with it at present, it is something I could set up when (if!!!) I
> finally return home, so my interest is piqued.  :)
>
> How about xdm instead of (super-insecure) VNC for those who do want a whole
> desktop?  Have you ever seen that on i?  That's actually what I envisioned
> when I mentioned X-server.  But I do know from daily experience that with
> secure connection capability (e.g. putty), VNC isn't bad.
>
> "chew your own foot off."  Yow!!!  I need no more description than that!
>
> Dennis Lovelady
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady