[clue-tech] how do I get gnome desktop to host x sessions from remote servers?

[chris fedde]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Charles Hutchinson <chutchin at geekboi.org> wrote:
> Do you have "Deny TCP connections to Xserver" checked in the
> Administration->Login Window tool?  This is the default and if I remember
> correctly (fat chance) disables/enables TCP port 6000 for GDM.
>
> Charlie
>

The reason tcp connections to X default to off is because there are
some pretty spectacular exploits possible over the X.  If you enable
this be sure your firewall is blocking high number ports.

Another alternative is to use ssh -X  and let it tunnel all the remote
client traffic for you.