Not able to connect to Xbrowser.

Enable XDMCP in Linux

Problem:

Need to enable the xdmcp protocol in the Linux server for getting remote using XBrowser.

Release:

RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
SUSE Linux 10

Error:

Error :

XDMCP connection failed.

cat: 0.log: No such file or directory
[root@KWWBDCSRVOAM01 gdm]# cat :0.log

X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5 x86_64 Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System: Linux KWWBDCSRVOAM01 2.6.18-155.el5 #1 SMP Fri Jun 19 17:06:31 EDT 2009 x86_64
Build Date: 03 June 2009
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-48.64.el5
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Jan 24 14:06:34 2012
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(WW) VMWARE(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xd4000000,0x400000)
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Multiple symbols for level 1/group 1 on key <I5F>
>                   Using XF86Sleep, ignoring XF86Standby
> Warning:          Symbol map for key <I5F> redefined
>                   Using last definition for conflicting fields
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server

Solution:

1)      Install the gdm package

# yum install gdm

2)      Enable the xdmcp protocol by adding the below entries in the custom.conf file.

# vi /etc/gdm/custom.conf

[security]

AllowRemoteRoot=true

DisallowTCP=false

[xdmcp]

Enable=true

Note: Here “AllowRemoteRoot=true” used to allow root access.

3)      Restart the gdm service

# gdm-restart

4) Check weather xdmcp port is opened or not, using netstat command

# netstat –an | grep 177

udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:177 0.0.0.0:*

5) Firewall was blocking the Xmanager connection.
6) SE Linux was on. Turning off the SE Linux resolved the issue.

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XDMCP connection failed.