Re: [aclug-L] Cheap X Terminals

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> >  4) A working NFS setup.  (You can also use TFTP, but NFS is much
> >     easier to setup.)
> 
> Uhhmm... TFTP is a lot easier to set up.  On your Linux box:

Setting up NFS requires adding a single line to /etc/exports.

> 1. Put the file somewhere on your system.
> 2. Make it world-readable
> 3. Edit /etc/inetd.conf and uncomment the line for tftp, and change the
> argument to in.tftpd to be the directory path of the file.

Hopefully you don't already use tftp for something :-)

> 4. kill -HUP <pid of inetd>

You're forgetting the modifications to /etc/hosts.allow and/or
/etc/hosts.deny (not necessary for NFS).  Otherwise, when you're
connected to the Internet, anybody can download large files (thus
flooding your line), or worse, read some private config files.

> You now have a functional TFTP server.  Configuring NFS is much more
> involved.

Setting up NFS, you do this:

/usr/lib/X11/700X terminal-name(ro)
or:
/usr/lib/X11/700X *.your.domain.com(ro)

in /etc/exports

That's it.

John
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