Re: Can I log into a HP box from a Sun??

From: Alan Coopersmith (alanc_at_alum.calberkeley.org)
Date: 06/27/03


Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 22:52:12 +0000 (UTC)


"Dr. David Kirkby" <drkirkby@ntlworld.com> writes in comp.sys.sun.admin:
|Before logging into the Sun, one is presented with a login screen
|which has the option to log in from to the local host or a remote
|machine. The Dec Alpha, which runs CDE is seen on the list of remote
|hosts, so I can remotely log into the Dec Alpha from the Sun. (So too
|is another Solaris machine, but that is hardly surprising.)
|
|However, I'm not shown the HP 11 machine as a networked device I can
|log into.

That list is generated from an XDMCP broadcast to the local subnet.
The HP may be configured not to respond - check the Xaccess file
for dtlogin/xdm (whichever it is running to handle XDMCP requests).

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Alan Coopersmith                              alanc@alum.calberkeley.org
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