TOPIC 8

Date: 3/12/2014
Linux and Windows interoperability
Linux for Engineering and IT Applications


Windows Remote Desktop (RDP).
Exercise
  • On the XP VM, enable RDP:
    1. Right click on "My Computer": 2. In Properties, select Remote:
  • On your desktop, install freerdp-X11:
    apt-get install freerdp-X11
    
  • Connect to the Windows RDP:
    xfreerdp xpvm
    
    Login as Administrator with password unisys.
    To fit nicely within the screen, you can rescale the RDP size as follows:
    xfreerdp -g 90% xpvm
    
    You can also use the IP address instead of the host name, xpvm.

  • Note, if a Windows host is not directly accessible because of a firewall, you can SSH with X-tunneling to the Linux system first, from which the Windows host is accessible, then run xfreerdp. For example:
    ssh -X desktop16
    xfreerdp -g 90% xpvm
    




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