[Tfug] RDP

[Jeff Breadner]

Bexley Hall wrote:
> No, they are clients.  I want to know what incantations to
> cast on my W2KS box in order to get it to *accept* connections.
> Then, stumble through the vagaries of these appliances to
> see how *they* relate to the wintel implementation.
>   

Hi Bexley

  In Windows 2KS, go to Control Panel > System > Remote tab, check the 
"Enable Remote Desktop on this computer" box.  This allows any member of 
the "Administrator" group to establish a RDP session (providing the 
appropriate port TCP/3389 isn't blocked by a firewall).

  The principal RDP client for UNIX (to my knowledge) is 'rdesktop', 
it's a Linux staple but I've also compiled it on Solaris 7, it's very 
light weight and should compile on pretty much any UNIX.  
http://www.rdesktop.org 

  'tsclient' is a good front-end for rdesktop, it stores configurations 
in files for easy one-click connections. There's many others though, 
'krdc' is my current favorite, if someone else out there is reading this 
and willing to run KDE packages.

cheers
  Jeff