On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 07:08 -0700, Victor Odhner wrote:
> Someone here suggested rdesktop for remote desktop operations on a
> Windows XP box, from Linux. I have it, but it's not working yet.
>
> I have a Cisco VPN client installed and working under Centos, and it
> works fine for connecting to Unix boxes at work. I would like to
> connect to my XP desktop at work in order to use the Outlook and Remedy
> clients that are installed there, and also to persist some sessions with
> the various Unix/Linux boxes that I support. That would let me, for
> example, start something at work and then check on that session when I
> get home.
>
> I have rdesktop installed, but I can't get it to connect. The command
> I've used is just:
>
> rdesktop dskvodhner
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This requires dns or netbios resolution of the name dskvodhner on your
home machine. That may not be possible and is definitely not certain.
VPN doesn't mean that your home computer is set to use office's dns/wins
resolution systems. Find out the specific ip address for dskvodhner in
your office and try to rdesktop using that instead. If it never changes,
you can create a 'host' entry for that name and ip address in /etc/hosts
on your home computer and then, if you are connected and have a 'route'
to that ip address, the above command should work.
Craig
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