Andrew DeFaria wrote .. > Robert Rackl wrote: > > It seems that with regular RDP, I can only do it using one local > > screen; if there is a way to use multiple screens please let me know how. > You are using incorrect terminology here, namely the concept of > "screen". RDP allows you to connect to a remote system and present you > with a desktop. In Windows XP you can connect one RDP session. Doing so > moves the "desktop" from the local machine to the machine that is > requesting the RDP session. With Windows XP you are allowed to do this > once. With Windows Server you are allowed to do this twice. You can buy > more RDP licenses though I have yet to see a shop that has done that. > Most buy Citrix which is much more expensive and does pretty much the > same thing. > > A couple of years ago, a friend showed me how to use Cygwin to > > establish a remote desktop connection using two local screens which > > worked well until a disk crash. That friend is now far away and very > > busy - I'd rather not bother him. > There is software called VNC which has a server component and a client > component. It allows you do to what RDP does. It's open source so you > could use that. The downside is that VNC is a much less efficient > protocol and thus you'll see things like sluggishness when you move the > mouse or windows, etc. The plus side is that you can have many connections. > > There's also rdesktop that you can install on Linux systems. I don't > know if anybody has ported that to Cygwin. Plus side, it's using RDP > protocol, thus it's quick. Minus side - same restrictions WRT Windows XP > and one RDP session allowed. > > Then there's the whole concept of remote access the Unix way which > includes such methods as ssh, X, etc. > > Perhaps you should try describing better what exactly you are trying to > accomplish... > -- > Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com> > I always take life with a grain of salt, plus a slice of lemon and a > shot of tequila. > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > using java's properrdp you can use multiple rdp sessions on remote desktop .. but only if the users do not have admin priv's
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