Remote Desktop: Linux -> Windows

[Arhineus]

I'm sure this is the ultimate newb question, but I'm going to ask it anyways.



Is there a way in a *.nix desktop system, that a person can connect to a Windows based remote desktop connection (Windows Server, or XP Pro)?

[carlosponti]

might help if you tell us what distro you are using to see if what you need is already installed but rdesktop is what you can use. in ubuntu there is a terminal services program that supports the typical windows remote admin tools. also might help to let us know what version of windows you are trying to connect to.

rdesktop will connect to your xp pro machine make sure that you have it setup to accept remote connections. the server you will need to tell us what server edition.

[Arhineus]

Currently, I'm not using a linux system as my workstation but I'm looking to make that switch. I'm a fan of both Ubuntu and SUse, but am probably leaning more towards Ubuntu.

I would be connecting to Windows Server 2003 systems, as well as Windows XP Pro systems.

[anomie]

From the command line it's simply:

$ rdesktop windows_server_here

This pops open the X application (so X must obviously be running).

See man rdesktop for various options. (None are usually required, but you can specify any that you'd like.)

[carlosponti]

if its server 2003 and xp pro than rdesktop is the way to go and they have gui components too. rdesktop can connect just fine without any issues to those environments. Ubuntu has a terminal service application you can install that is a gui application of rdesktop i believe.

[Arhineus]

Thank you very much for that information guys. I'll be giving that a try.

[Oxygen]

If you're interested there's also grdesktop, it's a GUI front end.