[rdesktop-devel] [ rdesktop-Feature Requests-725626 ] Linux RDP server

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Feature Requests item #725626, was opened at 2003-04-22 05:44
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Status: Open
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Chris Denneen (linuxruls)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Linux RDP server

Initial Comment:
Is there anything that can run as server on Linux that 
rdesktop can connect to?

Can rdesktop connect to vnc-server?

Can we build a Rdesktop-Server that supports ports and 
sound from Desktop Linux to another Desktop Linux 
box?

Not everyone is trying to Remote only Windows 
Machines.

I know that ssh to command line is nice... but 
sometimes would be nice to be able to connect to 
remote Linux Desktop Connection to help out with 
Remote Support or Troubleshooting.

Especially when you are supporting new Linux Desktop 
Users from remote location.

Is this a planned option of having rdesktop and rdesktop-
server?

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2006-09-20 05:03

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X11 is named XServer .. think about .. 

you can connect via Network ;)

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Comment By: Heiko Nardmann (heiko_nardmann)
Date: 2005-10-27 08:22

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The Unix/Linux world has X. You might complain about the 
performance when using it with low-bandwidth networks but then 
you might consider using NX/lbx which are compression 
extensions for the X protocol. As far as I remember it is planned 
to include NX support in KDE. Dunno whether this has been 
done yet ... 

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Comment By: Simone Fedele (ilsimo)
Date: 2005-10-24 09:24

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A linux rdp server exists already. it's called Xrdp and it's 
located at http://xrdp.sf.net

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2005-10-22 16:24

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VNC surely ....

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Comment By: Gasper Zejn (casperwiseman)
Date: 2004-04-30 11:18

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> Can rdesktop connect to vnc-server?

I don't think that's neccessary. Try gnome-remote-desktop,
it's a really nice gui for connecting by RDP, VNC, ICA or
XDMCP protocols. Of course you still need rdesktop and vnc
packages. It would be silly for rdesktop to be able to
connect to VNC, because there are other packages that do
that better and it would only be a waste of time. 

Meanwhile you can use gnome-remote-desktop

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2004-04-02 21:51

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It would be nice have a RDP Server for Linux. The X11 native 
protocol fantastic, couse let you execute Xclients from varius 
machines. But the same protocol that is very extensible, is 
too slow. People said that it is very fast in a 100Mb Lan, ok, i 
agree, but try to run it on WAN link, could be a 10Mb link. Or 
even on a Lan based in HUBs. So I think that's a good idea, 
and personaly, would like to contribute to this project, even 
not having solid knowledge about X11.

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2004-03-17 16:49

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> KDE 3.2 supports RDP.

As far as I can see, KDE 3.2 has RDP Client support but no 
support for RDP server. They DO support RFB(VNC) server 
though.

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2004-03-12 00:46

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This already exists.
KDE 3.2 supports RDP.
This is the nice thing about open source. They don't only
make really good stuff, they also learn from their ennemies.

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2004-01-29 00:31

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Yeah, XWin is fine and dandy but in order to continue to
propel Linux forward as a solution it needs to be easier to
implement and manage. The key is enabling ability and power
to the less technical. Sorry to say but it is the truth.
Remote Desktop Protocol daemon would be one more vital
addition to the reasons to convert to Linux. Just think, all
of those Windows users could fire up a session and avoid the
inherit security problems found in surfing in a windows
environment through a Linux terminal server based on RDP.
Not to mention the productivity solutions for financially
challenged businesses. I don't know if it is possible but it
would be a very welcome addition.

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Comment By: Jason Hihn (jhihn1)
Date: 2004-01-08 06:06

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Bah, do this:
Download Cygwin's setup.exe
Run, it, be sure to install XFree68

Then configure the linux box as to allow XDCMP logins (there
is a short, easy how-to on this, just change some values in
files that exist in 99% of distributions); start the XDCMP
server.

Create a short-cut like:
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\XWin.exe -query 10.1.0.23
(for Windows)

You should be able to login to X From X even if you're on
Linux to Linux but that requires some more tweaking. (Maybe
a command-line parameter or two to make your X server
connect to another one) At the very least you can do:
$ rhost +
$ programname -display:yourhost:0.0 to get a remote X app to
come up on your linux box.

To give you an idea of how much better it is than VNC, I
have swarm screensaver running on my linux box over a
100mbit CygwinX connection and it is pumped up and runs full
speed. VNC would give me about 2 FPS.

Hope that helps.... But I need a Linux RDP server so Win2k
clients can connect... Anyone know of one? (VNC is not
acceptible)

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2003-12-05 14:43

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VNC on unix is just about superfluous as it requires the
local user to run VNC locally if a remote user shall be able
to cut in.. not that exciting even though it's fast enough
for the local user.

Sounds like what is being requested here is a RDP aware/able
X display manager and server.

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Comment By: Mike McKee (ipalmetto)
Date: 2003-09-16 13:14

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I'm for this 100%. VNC is really a slow, inefficient
protocol when compared, head-to-head with RDP. If the Linux
world had an RDP daemon that could be fired up, then one
could build customer care centers and student labs with
restrictive PCs that are centrally controlled.

Surely if a group of people have reverse-engineered the RDP
client, which is what rdesktop is, another group might be
able to turn that on its head to make an RDP daemon.

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2003-08-21 19:51

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I heard that kde had some feature like this.

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Comment By: Lars Janssen (lars_msh)
Date: 2003-06-08 10:56

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RDP server for Linux would be *very* cool. Would mean
Windows clients can connect without extra software, but
also... sorry to anyone who likes VNC but I found connecting
to Windows machines over Terminal Services (RDP) is vastly
better.

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2003-05-18 22:00

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I agree, a server would be wonderful. I've found RDP to be the best 
protocol of its type (it certainly seems to perform best for me), and the 
ability to use it to remote into Linux machines as well as Windows 
machines would be wonderful.

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2003-05-02 21:39

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rdesktop to connect to vnc... Ever think, hmmm, vnc to vnc???

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