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[redhat81]

Hello,

I know how to remotely execute a program on my network so that it uses the remote resources but displays locally, but I want to take to the next level now.

When my RedHat 8 loads, it displays "Welcome to [hostname]" because I am obviously logging on to my local computer. Now, I want to be able to log on to a completely different computer from the start, almost like a dumb terminal. This way, I could use my usernames from the remote computer, run all the remote applications from the start, etc.

How do I go about doing this?

[fishhead]

You might want to look into NFS (Network File System) and NIS (lets you share config info across multiple systems).

[Crutch]

sounds like what you are trying to utilize is XDMCP. It basically allows your box to act as a dumb terminal to another linux box. You can read all about it here:

http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/XDMCP-HOWTO/

It's really easy to enable xdmcp on you box so that remote clients can connect to it, but setting up your box to act as a dumb terminal is a little more complicated.

Since you are using Redhat, you can use gdmconfig to enable xdmcp on your client.

Hope this helps get you started.