# $XConsortium: Xaccess,v 1.5 91/08/26 11:52:51 rws Exp $ # # Access control file for XDMCP connections # # To control Direct and Broadcast access: # # pattern # # To control Indirect queries: # # pattern list of hostnames and/or macros ... # # To use the chooser: # # pattern CHOOSER BROADCAST # # or # # pattern CHOOSER list of hostnames and/or macros ... # # To define macros: # # %name list of hosts ... # # The first form tells xdm which displays to respond to itself. # The second form tells xdm to forward indirect queries from hosts matching # the specified pattern to the indicated list of hosts. # The third form tells xdm to handle indirect queries using the chooser; # the chooser is directed to send its own queries out via the broadcast # address and display the results on the terminal. # The fourth form is similar to the third, except instead of using the # broadcast address, it sends DirectQuerys to each of the hosts in the list # # In all cases, xdm uses the first entry which matches the terminal; # for IndirectQuery messages only entries with right hand sides can # match, for Direct and Broadcast Query messages, only entries without # right hand sides can match. # * #any host can get a login window # # To hardwire a specific terminal to a specific host, you can # leave the terminal sending indirect queries to this host, and # use an entry of the form: # #terminal-a host-a # # The nicest way to run the chooser is to just ask it to broadcast # requests to the network - that way new hosts show up automatically. # Sometimes, however, the chooser can't figure out how to broadcast, # so this may not work in all environments. # * CHOOSER BROADCAST #any indirect host can get a chooser # # If you'd prefer to configure the set of hosts each terminal sees, # then just uncomment these lines (and comment the CHOOSER line above) # and edit the %hostlist line as appropriate # #%hostlist host-a host-b #* CHOOSER %hostlist #