XDMCP MaxSessions doesn't work in any RHEL6.x

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Issue

  • XDMCP MaxSessions configuration in /etc/gdm/custom.conf doesn't work as expected in all RHEL6.x versions, which has gdm 2.30.4. The clients are able to start more sessions than the value specified in MaxSessions. There is no declining of additional sessions when the client initiates it. All the sessions will be active for a few minutes and will start declining one by one automatically. Finally, the count of the resulting active session(s) comes below the MaxSessions value.

  • It is possible to initiate more number of XDMCP sessions than the value of MaxSessions. The declining happens only after 5 to 10 minutes of waiting. Finally the resulting active sessions comes below the MaxSessions value.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x (all RHEL 6.x)

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