[Tfug] RDP

[Jeff Breadner]

> Telnet'ing makes a connection -- but leaves me with
> essentially a blank screen (i.e., I have no idea what
> the expected data stream/protocol would be)
>
> Is there a W2KS *client* that I can use to test this?
>
>   
The telnet session will be blank:

testmachine:breadner$ telnet testserver 3389
Trying 172.16.200.228...
Connected to testserver (172.16.200.228).
Escape character is '^]'.
^]

telnet> quit
Connection closed.


Telnet just tells you if the problem is in the RDP server configuration, 
or in the firewall / network configuration.  If you can successfully 
connect to that port, then the problem is at the RDP client / server 
level, not networking.


Start > Program Files > Accessories > Communications > Remote Desktop 
Client is the client tool, might be right under Accessories instead on 
some w32 flavors.  You might not be allowed to connect to localhost, you 
might need a 2nd windows box.

> Yes.  But, it will require a bit more work making sure I
> can still use X on that machine as well as xdm(1) for
> my X terminals while also enabling this RDP stuff...
> (hence the reason I wanted to "start small")
>   
I know you're using BSD, but I just installed a xrdp package on a test 
RHEL5 machine here, and... it just worked (pretty much).  Installed the 
RPM, turned on the xrdp service, and connected a RDP client to the 
default 3389 port.  The session started right up, the only flaw that I 
saw is that the user I connected as is configured to run icewm in 
~/.xinitrc (and using VNC honors this configuration), but the RDP 
session ignored this and the default Gnome desktop came up instead.  Not 
an insurmountable problem I'm sure, I was astonished that it was this easy.

Still, it just <shudder> didn't feel like things were right with the 
universe... that was a strange connection to make.

cheers
  Jeff