Remote Assistance

[Paul Howarth]

Andy Pieters wrote:
> As much as I like and Love Linux, it so happens not everyone can.  My dad 
> happens to be one of those people.  He is a game fanatatic and also uses his 
> computer for administration work, but he lacks the ability to administer his 
> computer.
> 
> My Father lives 1.500 km away (1000 miles) and If only he would have Linux, I 
> could just ssh in and arrange everything.  
> 
> I like heard of Remote Assistance on windows xp but since I don't have any 
> windows, is anyone aware of a Linux Client that can interface with that?

rdesktop/tsclient should be able to handle it.

Try:
# yum install tsclient

I think Remote Assistance is basically like having a vnc server running.

Paul.