rdesktop and tsclient are both used to access your Windows desktop from Linux. They do not work in the opposite direction.
In order to access vncserver on Linux from a Windows computer, you must install a VNC client (like the one at realvnc.org or the one at tightvnc.org) on your Windows machine. Windows Remote Desktop will *not* work -- it's not VNC. As far as I know, there are *no* Windows remote desktop servers available for Linux. (Obviously, I could be wrong on that point, though -- check your local Google before taking my word for it.) > -----Original Message----- > From: John Noll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:04 > To: BYU Unix Users Group > Subject: Re: [uug] Remote Desktop Connection > > > Thanks for the tips. I thought I had rdesktop > and tsclient installed. Is there something I > need to do to start a service or something? > > thanks, > > john > > Casey T. Deccio wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 11:03, John Noll wrote: > > > >>I would like to use Remote Desktop Connection > >>to connect to my RH9 box like I connect to > >>my WinXP box. I am connecting from a laptop > >>running Windows 2000. I thought that if I had > >>vncserver running on the Linux box I could use > >>RDC to connect to it, but it isn't working. > >>I really don't think it is a firewall issue > >>because I have disabled them at both ends. Of > >>course, I would like to get this working with > >>active firewalls. > >> > >>Anyway, please give me any insights you have. > >> > >>Thank you, > >> > >>john > > > > > > John- > > > > VNC uses a different protocol than Microsoft's > > RDP. There are several clients that support > > RDP (e.g., rdesktop, tsclient), but AFAIK > > Windows RDC does not support VNC. However, > > you can download the VNC client for Windows > > at http://www.realvnc.org/ . This you can use > > to connect to anything running VNC server > > (e.g., Windows, Linux)--including KDE Desktop > > Sharing, if you use KDE. That should get you > > started. > > > > Casey ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
