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Tabbed Remote Desktop Client for Linux

I use the rdesktop client to administer Windows machines from Linux. Anyone know a program that will allow me to put these remote desktop sessions all under one window as tabs?
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rdesktop to windows server 2012 from ubuntu

I have a client machine running ubuntu, and I have a windows server 2012 that I connect to using rdesktop. I need to copy a file from my client machine to the server. I tried sharing a directory like this: rdesktop -u username -p password -r…
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Linux rdesktop ERROR recv Connection reset by peer

PROBLEM I use for remote desktop connection script rdesktop. On some machines I get common error without any value. What can I do after "Connection reset by peer" error?
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Ideal settings for rdesktop?

For connecting to a Windows 7 virtual machine on a LAN, what would be the ideal settings to specify when using rdesktop in linux so that it feels as close as possible to using a regular Windows 7 machine? And is there anything I should configure on…
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Best Small Linux Distribution for rDesktop

What would be the best linux distribution to use just for the purpose of rDesktop? We're trying to decide if we should get rid of old computers or just use them as thin-clients to connect to virtual Windows 7 machines on our network. I would like…
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How to encode the rdesktop password parameter in a shell script?

I can connect with this script from linux to a windows RDP session: #!/bin/bash /usr/bin/rdesktop -N -x m -u Administrator -p secret123 -d DOMAIN1 127.0.0.1:33891 (The rdp port of the remote windows server is securely tunneled to port 33891 on…
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Automatic Login after a Remote Desktop connection

I need to connect via remote desktop to a Windows XP machine (logging out the current user), do some stuff, and then log out the remote desktop session and having a user X who logs in (from the front-end I mean). I'll try to be clearer: I have some…
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Why is my .bashrc script executing out of order / not waiting for steps to complete?

I have the need for teachers to fill in electronic registers in remote areas, and they need to be able to do it fast and with the least fuss necessary. To accomplish this I have set up netbooks with a "vanilla" Debian 6 install with nothing on it…
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Linux RDesktop Lockups

I have a script I wrote to create RDP connections from Linux workstations to Windows servers. Everything is great when used on a machine plugged into an Ethernet jack but when used on a wireless workstation the rdesktop consistently locks and…
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Reverse rdesktop or VNC overlay image!

I've got a central server (linux based) and many clients (Windows XP Embedded, afaik) in public places around my country. I need to have these clients to connect to the server with a "reverse" tunnel, that is to say that I need to control the…
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Enter virtual console for Linux guest OS from inside vSphere

How can I open a Linux virtual console from inside VMware vSphere? I am able to open the console for a Linux guest OS, but when I press e.g. Ctrl-Alt-F1, the local machine (which is also running Linux, and from which I access vSphere remotely via…
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On Centos (3.10.0-514.2.2.el7.x86_64), rdesktop command is not able to connect to Windows 2016 Server

I am using below command to connect to Windows Server 2016 but it is throwing below error Command: rdesktop -g 1100x600 Error Autoselected keyboard map en-us ERROR: recv: Connection reset by peer In windows 2016 server, I have checked "Allow…
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ssh tunnel and rdesktop in one line

To access a windows machine remotely I have to tunnel through a ubuntu server of mine. To setup the tunnel I have ssh -l root -C -L 9999:windowsmachine:23389 myserver Then I have to open another console and run rdesktop -u user -password -f…
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How can i access fedora15 desktop with remote desktop from another fedora15

My current desktop is Fedora15. I need to access my desktop from another fedora15 desktop using remotedesktop viewer. Please help on this
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Use eToken Pro over RDP with eToken plugged into server

I have a Windows Vista machine which has a USB eToken Pro plugged into it. The eToken is used to control access to a development version of our product's web interface. Most of the time I sit directly at the Vista machine, but about twice a week I…
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