[K12OSN] Re: Windows Terminal Services and rdesktop question

[jam at mcquil.com]

David,

You can run rdesktop locally, simply by setting 'SCREEN_01 = rdesktop'

You can supply the name or IP address of the Windows server
as an argument to the rdesktop command.

For example:

   SCREEN_01 = rdesktop -f w2k.yourdomain.com

The '-f' will cause rdesktop to be full screen.

This will not give you a Linux session at all.  It will just
give you a windows session.

This isn't exactly what you were looking for.  But, maybe you
could set it on SCREEN_02, and then press Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get to
it.

To achieve what you are really asking for, you'd need to setup rdesktop 
as a local app.  The binary is already there, so it's just a matter of 
getting it to launch.  You would use ssh for that.  This requires 
setting up the public and private keys, and NIS.

I hope that helps,

Jim McQuillan
jam at Ltsp.org



On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, David Trask wrote:

> Hi all....
> 
> Once again I'm trying to figure out all the pieces of the puzzle prior to
> making any commitments or doing something stupid.  It's harder this way as
> I can't experiment.  I read on K12LTSP.org in the FAQ's about the
> following:
> 
> b) connect to a [
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/technologies/terminal/ ]Windows 
> Terminal Server (only with [
> http://www.citrix.com/products/metaframexp.asp ]Citrix Metaframe, [
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows.netserver/ ]Windows 2003 Server or [
> http://www.thinsoftinc.com/products_winconserver_info.html ]WinConnect
> Server XP  using [
> http://www.thinsoftinc.com/products_winconnect_info.html ]WinConnect 
> client)
>  Though [ http://www.rdesktop.org/ ]rdesktop is included it is not wise to
> use  it in a production environment on a Linux Terminal Server because
> more bandwith than  necessary gets consumed - run it on the [
> http://www.k12ltsp.org/faq.html#thin ][thin] client instead or with
> software like [ http://diet-pc.sourceforge.net/ ]DIET-PC, [
> http://netstation.sourceforge.net/ ]NetStation, [
> http://pxes.sourceforge.net/ ]PXES or the upcoming LTSP 4 instead.
> 
> Since k12LTSP 4.02 is based on LTSP 4....will this address the bandwidth
> issue?  I simply want my users to click an icon within their terminal
> server session (linux) and be able to launch Windows via rdesktop (only
> when necessary).  Is this the best way.  Also....does anyone have a how-to
> or quick suggestions as to how to get Windows 2003 terminal services sound
> to work on the terminals?  Sound would be a big plus.  I'd like to
> complete this move to become totally diskless and thus more dependent on
> K12LTSP (smile).....and as a result be able to buy my whole new lab of
> diskless workstations in the next year.  I need the help of people who
> have been through some of this stuff and can confirm some of it.  Thx.
> 
> David N. Trask
> Technology Teacher/Coordinator
> Vassalboro Community School
> dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us
> (207)923-3100
>