[clue-tech] remote access to Windows network from Linux

[Dennis J Perkins]

I finally got it working.  Despite the name, Remote Desktop Viewer is
"not" for Windows RDP.  It is a VNC for Linux.  After I installed
rdesktop, I could access the company terminal server. 

To summarize for anyone wanting to try this:

1. Install networkmanager-pptp.
2. Use Network Manager to configure VPN.  The gateway is the IP address
for the Windows VPN server.  You do need to include an NT domain.  Under
advanced options, set Use Point-to-Point encryption (MPPRE).  The other
settings do not need to be changed.  I did not need to change anything
in IPv4 Settings, but you might need to set routes.

3. Install rdesktop.  This command string works for me:

    rdesktop  -g 800x600 -P -z -x l -r sound:off -u username
server-address

4. If you want a GUI frontend, install tsclient (Ubuntu already has this
installed.)  This is a GNOME frontend.


Troubleshooting (Thanks, Dave!)
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If Network Manager connects to the VPN, but you cannot get rdesktop to
work:

ifconfig should show a ppp connection.

/etc/resolv.conf should show DNS addresses for the VPN network, assuming
the network has a DNS server.


Comment
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At one time, with Samba running and a good VPN connection, I could see
the domain inside GNOME's Network window but I couldn't access anything
in the domain.  I don't know enough about Samba to know if I should be
able to do this.

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