[Sussex] RDP on linux?

Geoffrey J. Teale gteale at cmedresearch.com
Tue May 24 15:29:31 UTC 2005


Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> As some of you know, I'm trainig as a MCSA to get back into the industry.
>
> Is there any way of accessing my linux box from the lab I'm learning in?
>
> I can't install any software on these computers, so I'm hoping there's a way of
> installing software on my linux box that will let me access it via windows.
> (Yes, I know there's telnet, but I'm really not happy to send my passwords over
> that)
>
> Is there a version of RDP that I can use the client's here in the lab to access?
> if not, how about a cgi/php script that I can put on a server and access via
> Internet Explorer?

Java vnc will let you get graphical access to your machine in a web
browser.

The best option is tunnelling over SSH, but that's probably blocked at
the firewall.

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Geoff Teale
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Free Software Foundation   -   tealeg at member.fsf.org




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