Hello all.
I have been reading up around the internet that although it is possible to use MSTSC.exe under Windows XP to connect back to a Suse machine running XRDP (I believe).
I had been working fine with Suse 11.0 until today. I had not made any changes to my local network but now whenever I try to connect in, I am told that I can not start the session as the sesman logon fails!
I tail’ed /var/log/messages but there is nothing written to that log when I try (interestingly enough, I do get the logon prompt that requests username, password and session type - I usually select KDE3 but have tried all options - and get the error after clicking OK).
My questions:- 1. Is XRDP under 11.1 any better (more stable as when it worked, I use to get kicked out a lot under 11.0)
2. What log file should I be trying to tail so I can see what is happening?
I must use Linux as the back end, I don’t want to use a hacked copy of XP anymore and don’t want to pay ££ for a real version when Linux is free and should by now be able to grant me access to my network from a remote location!
VNC is not an option as I will be wanting to log on more than one user at the same time.
Many thanks for any input that the community can offer with regards to these questions!
For your Linux PCs under NX Free Edition you will see for your Linux PC’s the link: NoMachine NX - Download: NX Server for linux Evaluation which if you go there has for 32-bit PCs “NX Free Edition for Linux RPM - i386” and a separate link "NX Free Edition for Linux RPM - x86_64 "
When you go to those Linux links, for your Linux pc you can then download and install nxclient, nxnode and nxserver.
Once you have done this once, its all pretty easy. Of course like anything, the first time one is always scratching their head a bit.
That’s great, thanks for the info but restrictions on the XP machines prevent installation of any additional software - MSTSC comes with XP so would be the preferred client … still, I suppose I could try to bribe the IT guys here to grant me access … after all, the organisation I work for wants to migrate some servers to *nix and it would be interesting to see if this tool could convince them!
As for “the first time”, wow, yeah, I know what you mean - will persevere with it and the online docs, seems pretty straight forward and like you say, once configured, can be forgotten about!!
Hi
The free version only allows 2 concurrent connections and 2 users, so
may not be good for your requirements
If your just wanting to manage, then it might be better to look at
webmin http://www.webmin.com/ can all be done with a browser. You do
however forgo using YaST.
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
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> Hi
> The free version only allows 2 concurrent connections and 2 users, so
> may not be good for your requirements
> http://www.nomachine.com/features.php
>
You can use FreeNX on the server side which does not have this limitation, I
use it at home so I cannot argue about its stability in an enterprise
environment.
The organisation has only a few users (30 or so) which are remote-based right now but we’re considering changing the desktop computers to thin-clients, no locally installed software and making people us TS to open Office (OO) and email (Evolution). It would need more than 2 concurrent connections though as there are say 150 computers here.
Access to YAST or other system tools are not essential though - the admins can SSH or access the server room to perform any admin functions.
EDIT >>>> On a related note, I just tried FreeNX and WindowsNX Client - FreeNX installed and worked in under 2 mins, WinNX client, pointed it to a different folder than “C:\Program Files” and it also installed and is working!!! Hack-tastic!!
Sorry for sounding a little confused, but I could use the author’s (or anyone’s) help here.
Did I understand the author to say that he was using MS RDP client to connect to a SUSE linux server/system and that he was getting a SUSE logon screen which yields a SUSE desktop running KDE/GNOME?
IF THIS IS TRUE, WHAT DO I NEED TO START IN SUSE TO ALLOW THIS TO OCCUR? (This is a blessing if this occurs and is available to use)
If I have a Windows XP/Vista/System7 PC, it comes with the RDP client built in… they all do (no charge).
If I understood the author, IMO he says, that he was using this client to logon and get a desktop from a SUSE server using the Windows RDP client.
Is this possible?
Do I need to start something in my SUSE server to do this?
I am NOT looking for a “new” client to add to my PC. I just want to know if it is true that I CAN USE THE WINDOWS RDP CLIENT TO GET TO MY OpenSUSE/SUSE server, logon, and get a desktop?
Or, must I load something on the SUSE server to allow a LAN/WAN login using that client?
There is actually no need to install a client on the Windows side if you’re running apache on the Linux server and install NX web companion from Nomachine: NoMachine NX - Documentation: Some NX Screenshots
However you’ll need the Nomachine NX client on the server to create a (web readable) session file. The Nomachine web companion should work with the FreeNX server as well.
Thank you … Thank you … Thank you
I haven’t had a moment to try it, but as soon as I get my system on the air, I will run your advice and experiences. Thanks, again.
This is THE BEST SOLUTION that I have ever found in Linux for REMOTE ACCESS, thus far.
Install XRDP! Start it. Then I go to a Windows PC (linux) and log into my SUSE by simply putting in the IP address of my SUSE machine.
Thank you so much for your assistance for getting and running this add-on to SUSE.
Today, I have begun moving all of my
Windows machine users to a SUSE/OpenSUSE desktops. No TRAINING!. They just log in. I autostart the RDP client for them and they just log in.
WOW!
P.S. I used the SUSE packagemanager to do all the legwork.
What version of openSUSE are you running on the desktops?