[Fwd: Terminal Server On Linux]

[David A. Sinck]

Yes, rdesktop works this easy.  I built it during a gooey lunch one
day:

shift-click [to start download]
click [save]
tar -xvf rdesktop*
cd rdesktop
./configure
make
rdesktop ....
*blamo* we had a viable screen

David



\_ SMTP quoth George Toft on 2/19/2002 23:27 as having spake thusly:
\_
\_ Something from another LUG - pretty interesting.
\_ 
\_ George
\_ 
\_ 
\_ -------- Original Message --------
\_ Subject: Terminal Server On Linux
\_ Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 16:31:11 -0500
\_ Resent-From: jaxlug-list@jaxlug.org
\_ Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 13:37:12 -0800 (PST)
\_ From: Chris de Vidal <cdevidal@yahoo.com>
\_ Reply-To: chris@devidal.tv
\_ To: jaxlug-list@jaxlug.org
\_ 
\_ This comes courtesey of my MIS and good friend Steve Lester.  I think
\_ he got it from W2KNews.com.
\_ 
\_ CD
\_ 
\_ =====================================
\_ Terminal Server On Linux? Yes And No.
\_ 
\_ In the last issue of W2Knews there was made mention of running MS
\_ Terminal Server on a Red Hat box. I have received MANY questions
\_ about that particular setup and have made a few clarifications as
\_ well. Here is a little background data: I had heard rumors that there
\_ was a Terminal Server client that ran well on Linux so I went to have
\_ a look. It was an amazingly short search to find the client, which is
\_ aptly named "rdesktop". The developer is a fellow in Australia named
\_ Matt Chapman. Nice piece of software. Download at the end of this
\_ article. 
\_ 
\_ First of all, the setup is a Dell Optiplex GX110 with an Intel 933MHz
\_ processor with 512 MB of RAM. This setup is much more than is
\_ necessary to run Linux, but what can I say. :-) The version of Linux
\_ is Red Hat 7.2 (Enigma) and an out-of-the-box install (I know, I know
\_ but it was just to test the client). The client itself is a 48 KB
\_ download, 216 KB uncompressed. Once installed, the client is called
\_ from the command line and all parameters can be entered in the
\_ command. The client can be totally configured to do all of the basic
\_ option of the RDP client. The options are as follows: 
\_ 
\_ Usage: rdesktop [options] server
\_ -u: user name
\_ -d: domain
\_ -s: shell
\_ -c: working directory
\_ -p: password (autologon)
\_ -n: client hostname
\_ -k: keyboard layout (hex)
\_ -g: desktop geometry (WxH)
\_ -f: full-screen mode
\_ -b: force bitmap updates
\_ -e: disable encryption (French TS)
\_ -m: do not send motion events
\_ -l: do not request license
\_ 
\_ The -l option is interesting, in that it doesn't request a license
\_ from the terminal server itself. With the use of some scripting, you
\_ could have the Red Hat box boot up, logon and start the rdesktop
\_ client all without the user doing anything. Once the client is
\_ started in full screen mode you really can't tell that your aren't on
\_ a Windows machine; even Ctrl-Alt-Del works. It really is a slick
\_ client and could potentially save you quite a bit of money. 
\_ 
\_ If you run rdesktop, you will, at a minimum, save on one Windows
\_ license. Potentially more if you also used Sun's StarOffice. In
\_ either case, rdesktop is a pretty good implementation of the terminal
\_ server client and if you are using Linux, it will give you a way to
\_ connect to your MS server. We have mirrored the download here:
\_ 
\_ http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=020214TB-rdesktop 
\_ 
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