Connect to a Windows Terminal Server from Linux
There are a number of reasons to have to connect to a Windows
Terminal Server machine. Either you telecommute, you administer remotely, you work on the go, or you use Linux and have to use a Windows app for company business. No matter the reason, you have to be able to connect. From the Windows operating system there is a built-in application for making this connection. But what about Linux? How do you make this connection from within the open source operating system? Simple.
There are a number of good Linux terminal server clients available. In this article I will demonstrate how you connect to your server with the help of two of them: tsclient and krdc.
There are a number of reasons to have to connect to a Windows
Terminal Server machine. Either you telecommute, you administer remotely, you work on the go, or you use Linux and have to use a Windows app for company business. No matter the reason, you have to be able to connect. From the Windows operating system there is a built-in application for making this connection. But what about Linux? How do you make this connection from within the open source operating system? Simple.
There are a number of good Linux terminal server clients available. In this article I will demonstrate how you connect to your server with the help of two of them: tsclient and krdc.