To my knowledge, neither RDP nor VNC have a broadcast/query mode like XDMCP does... the apps can't just send out a "who's out there" request.
I would suggest creating a GUI tool populated with the names of the remote systems to which you wish to connect, and using it in kiosk/CAM mode. It could be written in Tk/TCL, for example, and would not need a window-manager. This would be good for a relatively small site with a manageable number of remote clients. Another option would be to use SGD(/Tarantella) with the native client running (full screen) in kiosk/CAM mode. This would be better for a large site with lots of users and servers. One advantage to this method would be the ability to dictate who has access to what resources/systems (highly configurable) without having to edit the script and restart the Sun Ray services. Another advantage would be the support of even more protocols than the two previously mentioned. I actually proposed both methods where I work, but we ended up going with a more site-specific configuration instead (every site is hard-coded to use only the local RDP servers) to reduce maintenance. Regards, Kevin On 7/23/06, Jim Klimov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello sunray-users, I am new to administration of Sunrays, I have googled the web and the list archive but did not find an answer to my following question. If the matter has been discussed already, some short pointers, hints or links to HOWTOs are as welcome as good long answers. Thank you in advance! :) Our users can use the SunRay DTUs and server to transparently log in to different Solaris (xdmcp?) servers which have their dtlogin copies running in its subnet or by hostname. This is available from dtlogin box as Options/Remote login menu. This "relay" seems to use less resources on the sunray server than maintaining a full-blown session which renders X applications from remote servers with an overhead of windows manager, multiple desktops, etc. It even binds a remote-server session view to a smartcard if one is used, and can move along with smartcard between the DTUs :) Our problem at hand: Is there any cool solution which would in a similar manner discover and connect other servers like MS-RDP or VNC - in the SunRay server's subnet or completely remote - without requiring a login session on our SunRay serer with just an rdesktop or vncviewer application running inside along with a fullscale CDE or Gnome overhead? I guess a minimal window manager with a fullscreen client is an ok solution, but is there any existing script for alternate sessions like these tobe bound to dtlogin? And can we find and select an RDP/VNC server from a menu, if the solution exists? :) -- Best regards, Jim Klimov mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
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