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Re: rdesktop.exe session on an X-terminal?
- From: msg <michael dot grigoni at cybertheque dot org>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:18:13 -0500
- Subject: Re: rdesktop.exe session on an X-terminal?
- Organization: Cybertheque Museum
- References: <20030623182948.B4AEA1C949@mail03.powweb.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Hi again,
> Even if rdesktop has some server type mode, it wouldn't let you share
> Windoze desktops: XWin.exe only knows about X windows that it creates,
> and doesn't send events or examine non X windows...
Let me clarify how we're using 'rdesktop.exe' (and rdesktop on Unix)
to show the network flow:
1. On an X-terminal telnet to the Win2k/TS box and login using
a non-privileged account; one will work from within this text-based
telnet session.
2. Startup an 'xterm' to display on the X-terminal:
c:
cd \cygwin\bin
..\X11R6\bin\xterm -display <ip addr of X-terminal>:0.0
3. An xterm (bash) will open on the X-terminal screen
4. In this xterm startup rdesktop.exe:
rdesktop -d <domain> -u <user> 127.0.0.1
...this tells rdesktop to open a TS session on the localhost
(which is the idea here) using the X-display used by the
xterm running bash (displaying on the X-terminal of course).
5. At this point 'rdesktop.exe' is running (no error messages) but
there is no rdesktop display on the X-terminal and none on the
system console either (just being sure).
Here is how we know 'rdesktop.exe' is working at all:
1. At the Win2k console login as a non-privileged user.
2. Invoke 'rdesktop.exe' from a bash command prompt for from a
Windows command prompt; it doesn't matter.
rdesktop.exe -d <domain> -u <user> 127.0.0.1
3. An X11 session (without a window manager) will be created running
rdesktop as a window on the Windows desktop (one could do it
full-screen if desired). This session is a remote login so-to-
speak to the local machine and presents the standard NT5 login
banner.
Here is how we use 'rdesktop' on an X-terminal managed by the
Unix host to connect to the same Win2K/TS box:
1. Power-on an X-terminal and login to the Unix host (running XDM).
2. From within an xterm invoke 'rdesktop -d <domain> -u <user> -K
<ip-addr-of-Win2K/TS-box>' to get a Windows desktop (full
screen is even better and on an X-terminal looks and feels
just like the computer's console)
The hope is to dispense with the Unix host to manage the X-terminals
and manage them using the __SAME__ X11R6 utilities running
under Cygwin/Xfree86 on the __SAME__ host running Terminal Services
which then would provide Windows desktops to the X-terminals
(hopefully using 'rdesktop.exe' or some other open source
program).
Michael Grigoni
Cybertheque Museum