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You can use GUI front end tools like the GNOME Terminal Services Client tsclient to configure and launch the rdesktop client. (Using tsclient also
enables you to store multiple configurations of rdesktop for connection to many servers.)
Figure 6-26. RDP protocol.
NOTE: The rdesktop client is supplied with Red Hat 9.0:
rpm -ivh rdesktop-1.2.0-1.i386.rpm
For Red Hat 8.0 or other distributions of Linux; download source, untar, configure, make, make, then install.
rdesktop currently runs on most UNIX based platforms with the X Window System and can be downloaded from http://www.rdesktop.org/
On a Macintosh client:
Download Microsoft's free Remote Desktop Connection client for Mac OS X
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/otherproducts/otherproducts.aspx?pid=remotedesktopclientSDT SSH Tunnel for VNC
6.9 SDT SSH Tunnel for VNC
With SDT and Virtual Network Computing (VNC), Users, and Administrators can securely access and control Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/2003, Linux,
Macintosh, Solaris, and UNIX computers. There’s a range of popular free and commercial VNC software available (UltraVNC, RealVNC, TightVNC).
To set up a secure VNC connection, install and configure the VNC Server software on the computer the user will access, then install and configure
the VNC Viewer software on the Viewer PC.
6.9.1 Install and Configure the VNC Server on the Computer to be Accessed
Virtual Network Computing (VNC) software enables users to remotely access computers running Linux, Macintosh, Solaris, UNIX, all versions of
Windows, and most other operating systems.
For Microsoft Windows servers (and clients):
Windows does not include VNC software, so you will need to download, install, and activate a third party VNC Server software package: