[SOLVED] Linux terminal server software

[Keldorn]

Hi, i have small question on terminal server software. I need to find something where i will be able support users by controlling their session (like it in Windows Terminal server), e.g. it should be comfortable to access user's session.
I tried to look at NX software solutions, but there is no "central panel" where i can choose to which user session to connect and you should know user password if you will use "shadow session" mode - it is not very good idea if you have lots of users.
Also, i read about ltsp, but it seems to me it lacks the session control options at all.
May be i missed some nice software or you can advice me something to look at?
Thanks in advance!

[jakebpg]

Originally Posted by Keldorn

Hi, i have small question on terminal server software. I need to find something where i will be able support users by controlling their session (like it in Windows Terminal server), e.g. it should be comfortable to access user's session.
I tried to look at NX software solutions, but there is no "central panel" where i can choose to which user session to connect and you should know user password if you will use "shadow session" mode - it is not very good idea if you have lots of users.
Also, i read about ltsp, but it seems to me it lacks the session control options at all.
May be i missed some nice software or you can advice me something to look at?
Thanks in advance!

Take a look at VNC or Putty. There are numerous packages available to do what you are looking for.

[Keldorn]

VNC is heavy to maintain in a server mode (I am speaking about terminal server - lots of users on it) and it haven't any management interface.
Putty is definitely not what i need. It is just ssh / telnet client. Why I should use it if i have normal PC with linux and it can't control graphical user session.

[SiliconSlick]

I haven't tried it or know of what overhead it entails, but I would look at if you could use LTSP with Fedora's tigervnc-server-module package. I would think that if you add the necessary stuff to the xorg.conf generated for terminals and put an "encrypted" password in /root/.vnc/passwd on each terminal (where I assume your users wouldn't be able to see it), then so long as you know what host the user is on (easy enough to keep track of) you can connect to their session at will via vncviewer (with a single, system-wide password or some randomly generated one that gets sent to you).

That's assuming we are talking about diskless X11 terminals that have actual hostnames/IPs and not some ANSI/VT100 terminal server.

SS

[Keldorn]

SiliconSlick
Thank you for your reply! I'll look at this setup a bit closer.

[davidlondonuk]

Hi,

You need Xrdp.

[beaker_]

+1 for xrdp.

[Keldorn]

looked at xrdp, seems to be very nice and there is no need in changing anything in current thin clients configuration.
But at the first look it I can't find, how to see who logged in and troubles with keyboard layouts.
who and users won't show anyone except me.

[davidlondonuk]

You could always email the xrdp developers and ask them if it's possible, they have a web site.

[beaker_]

http://xrdp.sourceforge.net/document...ign/index.html

I haven't gotten too intement into it but I`ve been following the crumbs to xrdp-sesadmin and xrdp`s ini. Yeah I`m still fitting the pieces together but the docs claim shadow session. Unlike you, I can do it at my leisure. Sorry. I do recall googling something off of linuxmint`s forums but that was some time ago.

[Keldorn]

Ok thnak you for your replys! I found that keyboard layout strange behaviour can be avoided by using different shortcuts to switch them.