Follow up to someone's suggestion of using "Winconnect.' I spoke with the Winconnect people about this, and we have concluded that it is not possible to do what I need with Winconnect.
Anyone have other suggestions? Michael Martinez System Administrator (Contractor) Information Systems and Technology Management CSREES - United States Department of Agriculture (202) 720-6223 -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 10:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Is there an Alternative for Tarantella? OK, still not sure what exactly you need - but here is now VNC works in a anything<->windows environment where windows is the vncserver. Vncviewer allows a person to display the screen of a remote computer on their own screen and also use their local keyboard and mouse to control the remote computer. It uses TCP/IP to talk to the remote computer and uses static ports to communicate. So basically all it does is allow someone to use a remote computer as though they were sitting in front of the remote computer (as mentioned by someone else ... like PCAnywhere) It can be setup via a web interface since there is a Java version, or using the 'vncviewer' program. (I've never tried the java version) It works differently in a anything<->linux environment where linux is the vncserver coz more than one user can connect to the linux box and each gets a separate X-Windows connection. However, if I understand what you want (which I may not) you can also have a linux box redirect IP traffic sent to it to another computer using iptables (the firewall) Thus, if the users can access the linux box, but not the windows box, and the linux box CAN access the windows box, then just redirect their VNC port traffic, that they do to the linux box, on to the windows box using iptables/NAT etc. Still, you are limited to one user per windows box at the same time (but again ... the linux vncserver doesn't have this problem) -Cheers -Andrew > Well, this is a follow up to my earlier posting. > > I have downloaded and looked at Tight VNC, and it appears that VNC may > not have the capability I described below. In particular, what I need > for my Unix box to act as a "go between" providing remote Windows users > secured access to the local Window server. The local Windows server is > behind the Firewall and does not allow remote login. My Unix box is in > the DMZ and will allow logins provided the security allows you in. > > The way we've got it set up is using Tarantella on the Unix box. It > works. The remote windows user is able to display his local Windows > login session through Java-enabled web browser. The issue is not > functionality, but price (Tarantella is expensive). > > The documentation for VNC describes a senario by which a remote Windows > user may log in to a local windows or Unix server and recieve display > of his login session. But the documentation does not describe where VNC > can be used to redirect display from an alternative server, through the > VNC box, to the remote user. > > Anyone know if this is possible with VNC. > > Michael Martinez > System Administrator (Contractor) > Information Systems and Technology Management > CSREES - United States Department of Agriculture > (202) 720-6223 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martinez, Michael - CSREES/ISTM > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 8:59 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Is there an Alternative for Tarantella? > > > Oh I'm sorry I misunderstood your original reply. Yes, if VNC is free > I'll check it out. > > To explain more of what I need is as follows: > > 1. user logs on to our dial up network > > 2. user opens up web browser, points web browser to my Tarantella > server > > 3. user logs in to Tarantella through web browser > > 4. Tarantella presents user with a button that connects and logs him in > to our Windows server > > 5. user's Windows desktop appears. User may open his Windows > applications and in particular "Outlook" so he can access his email > > 6. User doesn't need to know anything about how Unix works > > Michael Martinez -- -Cheers -Andrew MS ... if only he hadn't been hang gliding! _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
