[K12OSN] Linux TS help

[Rob Owens]

 Sharon,

Just like Les said, use rdesktop to connect to Windows Terminal Server, and ssh to connect to a linux server.  

You can pipe a command for the server through ssh (although I'm not 100% sure of the syntax -- maybe somebody else could help w/ that).  This would allow you to set up menu items (in icewm anyway) that would call ssh and call the app for you.  ssh will ask for password info each time it is called unless you do one of the following:

1)  Use key authentication with empty passphrases (see man ssh-keygen for more info)
2)  Use ssh-agent to remember your password / passphrase after it has been used once.  (see man ssh-agent for more info).

-Rob



 --- On Fri 02/11, Les Mikesell  wrote:
From: Les Mikesell [mailto: les at futuresource.com]
To: k12osn at redhat.com
     Cc: robowens at myway.com
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:36:18 -0600
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Linux TS help

On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 14:22, Sharon Betts wrote:> Thanks Rob,> 	My thick clients are linux boxes -- is there anyway to have them access> both the terminal servers?> SharonIf they are already running X, use 'rdesktop' to connect to Windowsterminal services.  Ssh to a Linux box and start any X program bytyping it's name and the window opens on your desktop. You can alsoconnect the ssh command to desktop icon if you like.  Or you canmake a locally-booted Linux box act like a thin client by startingin text mode, then starting X like:X -query serverto run the whole desktop remotely.--   Les Mikesell   les at futuresource.com

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