From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 14 08:12:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6000A16A403 for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 08:12:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout7.cac.washington.edu (mxout7.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.178]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F09EE43D48 for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 08:12:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout7.cac.washington.edu (8.13.6+UW06.03/8.13.6+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k4E8CC7L016112 for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 01:12:12 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.50] (dsl254-013-145.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.13.145]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.6+UW06.03/8.13.6+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k4E8C3iC010978 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 01:12:10 -0700 Message-ID: <4466E656.20904@u.washington.edu> Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 01:12:06 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: Is there a daemon/program for FreeBSD that accepts Microsoft RDP connections? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 08:12:14 -0000 Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Tom Norris >> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 3:41 PM >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Is there a daemon/program for FreeBSD that accepts Microsoft >> RDP connections? >> >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> I'm trying to convince my boss to let me set up a FreeBSD >> system as file >> server. He said he would allow it if he could use Microsoft's RDP >> client (not VNC or SSH :( ) to connect and monitor the machine at his >> whim. Are there any daemons that will take incoming RDP connections? >> >> > > Hell-lo! Clue phone ringing! > > Your boss doesen't want you to use any other solution than Windows, > get the picture? If such a thing as an RDP<->XWindows conversion > daemon existed, your boss would find some other nit picky thing > that he would hold up as a deal-breaker. Then if that was fixed > he would find some other thing. And on and on and on. > > What you need to do is recognize that the place your working at > is hopelessly borked as long as your boss is working there, and > just keep your head down and look for a better job somewhere else. > > If you put the same effort looking for a better place to work > as your putting into trying to convince your boss to do something > he's simply afraid of doing, you would surely find one. > > People like your boss are only convinced by evolutionary changes. > What will happen one of these days is a problem will come up that > cannot be fixed by the old Microsoft standbys, and your boss will > be fired for incompetence. Then when he goes to find another job > everyone will be asking him if he has any Linux experience, and at > that time he will suddenly start thinking it might be a good idea > to start looking into this yoo-niks thing. > > Ted No solution for the RDP protocol exists on Unix as its a proprietary protocol that I think would be difficult to implement given X11's setup on Unix. However, there's also the NoMachine NX server/client protocol to look into, which is hailed as a Unix counterpart for RDP. See for a licensed version and for a GNU opensource version. So if you really want to sell your boss on remote access with FreeBSD, I would look into this solution. -Garrett