From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 1 09:51:50 2004 Return-Path: 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 6DDC916A4CE for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:51:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A80F143D2F for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:51:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1] (may be forged)) i919pf74005857 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 1 Oct 2004 10:51:42 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)i919paTf005852; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 10:51:36 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 10:51:36 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Eric and Michelle Bjorkman Message-ID: <20041001095136.GB91573@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Eric and Michelle Bjorkman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <415D043C.4060801@elkhorn.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SkvwRMAIpAhPCcCJ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <415D043C.4060801@elkhorn.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.6 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Fri, 01 Oct 2004 10:51:42 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040904, clamav-milter version 0.75l on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Terminal Services Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 09:51:50 -0000 --SkvwRMAIpAhPCcCJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 02:16:12AM -0500, Eric and Michelle Bjorkman wrote: > Are Terminal Services supported by FreeBSD. In that I mean is there a=20 > port already included that I will not have to buy a Terminal Services=20 > server application. I'm looking for somthing like Novell that is free. = =20 > Or do you know of project out there that can function like Novell? The short answer is "yes". The rather longer and more reasoned answer is that "Terminal Services" as a distinct product is an artefact of the way Windows works. Unix and Linux systems (including MacOS X) have had true multiuser capability from the start. Similarly X windows was always designed to be network transparent, so you can run any X application on a remote machine and have it display on your local desktop[1]. That means that you can have a whole companies' worth of people all logging into the same server to each run their own copy of an application that displays on their personal desktop. Those applications can even include window managers or whole destop environments if that's what you want. No problem, so long as the server is powerful enough. What's more, it's just the standard way the system works: no extra (and expensive) software required. Cheers, Matthew [1] Although MacOS X doesn't use X Windows as it's native windowing system, a) it comes with X as a standard feature and b) I believe that you can do similar remote display things with the Cocoa layer: in fact, it has a generic 'remote object method call' capability which gives you even more possibilities. --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --SkvwRMAIpAhPCcCJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBXSioiD657aJF7eIRApEzAJ4mhpaPV/8tzVKnCkjuHrp+B0aBhgCfbWZ1 DzsxzyfReJgg3PmSdriUslI= =DoNx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SkvwRMAIpAhPCcCJ--