No remote login with GDM3, XDMCP, Xvnc, inetd

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This is my GDM-configuration:

> root@bsdpcb:/usr/local/etc/gdm # cat custom.conf
> # GDM configuration storage
> 
> [daemon]
> # Uncoment the line below to force the login screen to use Xorg
> #WaylandEnable=false
> 
> HaltCommand=/sbin/shutdown -p now
> RebootCommand=/sbin/shutdown -r now
> 
> [security]
> DisallowTCP=false
> 
> [xdmcp]
> DisplaysPerHost=1
> Enable=true
> 
> [chooser]
> 
> [debug]
> # Uncomment the line below to turn on debugging
> #Enable=true
> 

rc.conf:

> root@bsdpcb:/usr/local/etc/gdm # cat /etc/rc.conf
> clear_tmp_enable="YES"
> syslogd_flags="-ss"
> sendmail_enable="NONE"
> hostname="bsdpcb"
> keymap="de.noacc.kbd"
> ifconfig_bge0="inet 192.168.0.110 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> defaultrouter="192.168.0.231"
> ifconfig_bge0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
> sshd_enable="YES"
> moused_enable="YES"
> ntpd_enable="YES"
> powerd_enable="YES"
> powerd_flags="-a minimum"
> # Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
> dumpdev="AUTO"
> zfs_enable="YES"
> dbus_enable="YES"
> hald_enable="YES" 
> #sddm_enable="YES"
> gdm_enable="YES"
> kld_list="amdgpu"
> gnome_enable="YES"
> inetd_enable="YES"

indetd:

> root@bsdpcb:/usr/local/etc/gdm # cat /etc/inetd.conf
> # $FreeBSD: releng/12.1/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.conf 337687 2018-08-12
> 13:29:40Z brd $ #
> # Internet server configuration database
> #
> # Define *both* IPv4 and IPv6 entries for dual-stack support.
> # To disable a service, comment it out by prefixing the line with '#'.
> # To enable a service, remove the '#' at the beginning of the line.
> #
> #ftp    stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/libexec/ftpd       ftpd -l
> #ftp    stream  tcp6    nowait  root    /usr/libexec/ftpd       ftpd -l
> #ssh    stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/sshd          sshd -i -4
.
.
.
> #
> #auth   stream  tcp     nowait  root    internal
> #auth   stream  tcp6    nowait  root    internal
> #
> # Provide internally a real "ident" service which provides ~/.fakeid
> support, # provides ~/.noident support, reports UNKNOWN as the operating
> system type # and times out after 30 seconds.
> #
> #auth   stream  tcp     nowait  root    internal        auth -r -f -n -o
> UNKNOWN -t 30 #auth   stream  tcp6    nowait  root    internal        auth
> -r -f -n -o UNKNOWN -t 30 #
> # Example entry for an external ident server
> #
> #auth   stream  tcp     wait    root    /usr/local/sbin/identd  identd -w
> -t120 #
> # Example entry for the optional qmail MTA
> #  NOTE: This is no longer the correct way to handle incoming SMTP
> #        connections for qmail.  Use tcpserver
> (http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html) #        instead.
> #
> #smtp   stream  tcp     nowait  qmaild  /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env
> tcp-env /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd #
> # Enable the following two entries to enable samba startup from inetd
> # (from the Samba documentation).  Enable the third entry to enable the swat
> # samba configuration tool.
> #
> #netbios-ssn stream tcp nowait          root    /usr/local/sbin/smbd    smbd
> #netbios-ns dgram udp   wait            root    /usr/local/sbin/nmbd    nmbd
> #swat   stream  tcp     nowait/400      root    /usr/local/sbin/swat    swat
> #
> # Example entry for the Prometheus sysctl metrics exporter
> #
> #prom-sysctl    stream  tcp     nowait
> nobody  /usr/sbin/prometheus_sysctl_exporter  prometheus_sysctl_exporter
> -dgh 
> 5950   stream   tcp nowait nobody  /usr/local/bin/Xvnc Xvnc -inetd -query
> localhost -once securitytypes=none

(this was taken directly from Xvnc manpage):

>     In the nowait mode, Xvnc uses its standard input and output directly as
>        the connection to a viewer.  It never has a listening socket, so
> cannot
       accept further connections from viewers (it can however connect out to
>        listening viewers by use of the vncconfig program).  Further viewer
>        connections to the same TCP port result in inetd spawning off a new
>        Xvnc to deal with each connection.  When the connection to the viewer
>        dies, the Xvnc and any associated X clients die.  This behaviour is
>        most useful when combined with the XDMCP options -query and -once.
> An
       typical example in inetd.conf might be (all on one line):
> 
>        5950   stream   tcp nowait nobody  /usr/local/bin/Xvnc Xvnc -inetd
>        -query localhost -once securitytypes=none
> 
>        In this example a viewer connection to :50 will result in a new Xvnc
>        for that connection which should display the standard XDM login
> screen
       on that machine.  Because the user needs to login via XDM, it is
>        usually OK to accept connections without a VNC password in this case.


So why isn't this workable actually?
[inetd was started and GDM has been restarted]
Result:

> andrew@a68n:~$ xvncviewer bsdpcb:50
> 
> TigerVNC Viewer 64-bit v1.9.0
> Built on: 2020-06-16 19:36
> Copyright (C) 1999-2018 TigerVNC Team and many others (see README.rst)
> See http://www.tigervnc.org for information on TigerVNC.
> 
> Fri Aug 28 10:57:48 2020
>  DecodeManager: Detected 3 CPU core(s)
>  DecodeManager: Creating 3 decoder thread(s)
>  CConn:       unable connect to socket: Connection refused (111)
> andrew@a68n:~$ 


In comparison, nearly the same is in the debian-handbook:

> https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.remote-login.html

> VNC also works for mobile users, or company executives, who occasionally
> need to login from their home to access a remote desktop similar to the one
> they use at work. The configuration of such a service is more complicated:
> you first install the vnc4server package, change the configuration of the
> display manager to accept XDMCP Query requests (for gdm3, this can be done
> by adding Enable=true in the “xdmcp” section of /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf), and
> finally, start the VNC server with inetd so that a session is automatically
> started when a user tries to login. For example, you may add this line
> to  /etc/inetd.conf: 5950  stream  tcp  nowait  nobody.tty  /usr/bin/Xvnc
> Xvnc -inetd -query localhost -once -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16
> securitytypes=none Redirecting incoming connections to the display manager
> solves the problem of authentication, because only users with local
> accounts will pass the gdm3 login screen (or equivalent kdm, xdm, etc.). As
> this operation allows multiple simultaneous logins without any problem
> (provided the server is powerful enough), it can even be used to provide
> complete desktops for mobile users (or for less powerful desktop systems,
> configured as thin clients). Users simply login to the server's screen
> with  vncviewer server:50, because the port used is 5950.

And I remember, I did try this out once, and it did not work, but remote-login
was workable rather with xinetd, which does not exist in FreeBSD.

So: Any suggestions? No x2go-server port yet ?




> WAS: Fw: FreeBSD 12-1 installed anew on my end-of-life home-server

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> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:25:35 +0200
> From: andrew glaeser <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Fw: FreeBSD 12-1 installed anew on my end-of-life home-server
> 
> 
> Gold, excellent!
> 
> but the criticism is really, that attachments get stripped, and as far as I
> 
> can see, the amdgpu - ports twist of wickedness is not properly documented,
> I
> 
> found out only upon cracking my head over this for several hours, didn't I?
> 
> And luckily I remembered.
> 
> 
> 
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> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 18:21:38 +0200
> From: andrew glaeser <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: FreeBSD 12-1 installed anew on my end-of-life home-server
> 
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> Graphics basically workable already, but software-rasterized, not
> hardware accelerated.
> 
> xorg had to be set up separately, and then I remember again, that AMD
> drivers respective firmware had to be compiled from ports-collection, so
> graphics become in fact hardware-accelerated, looking forward to it.
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