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From: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu (Jim Dutton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: XDM and "remote desktops" ?
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 23:00:09 CST
Organization: Southern Illinois University
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Comment: AmigaNOS v2.9p
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Am I dreaming, or is it possible to to use XDM to run a "remote desktop"
on my "local machine"?

With more than one X-server host, I would like to have not just an Xterm
open, but a window manager and all available X-applications from the remote
host (ie; desktop) displaying (running) on my local (X-server) host.

It looks like this might be possible with XDM, but I haven't yet figured
out how to make it work. Has anyone else been successful with this?