Re: Using rdesktop on single Windows applications via SeamlessRDP

On Tuesday 19 Jul 2011, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Hello all, new user. I need to forward single Windows applications to
> use on Linux (Kubuntu) clients. I am trying to run SeamlessRDP [1] on
> the Windows 7 machine and rdesktop on the Kubuntu machine to
> facilitate this, but I seem to be stuck at the where-do-I-start level.
> Simple googling implies that this is possible, but I cannot figure it
> out. Is there an introductory tutorial? Thanks.
>
> [1] http://www.cendio.com/seamlessrdp/

Well you have really provided us with all the information you require ;) -  
from that page it states:

> Get rdesktop 1.5.0 or later from http://www.rdesktop.org/.

Well you'd have that already with any recent version of Kubuntu.  Just apt-get 
install it if it isn't already installed:

$ sudo apt-get install rdesktop

> Get the server side component, "seamlessrdpshell". It is available in the > 
seamlessrdp Subversion module.

> You can also download a pre-built binary from 
> http://www.cendio.com/seamlessrdp/seamlessrdp.zip. Unpack the files to 
> some directory on the server, such as  
> c:\seamlessrdp 

In other words, on the Windows machine point your web browser to

http://www.cendio.com/seamlessrdp/seamlessrdp.zip

Then create a folder "C:\seamlessrdp" and copy the contents of the ZIP into 
that new folder.

> Then run rdesktop with:

> rdesktop -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe notepad"

And hopefully that will work!  you just run this command from a terminal 
window - once you're happy it is working then we can talk about making this 
more user-friendly.

> Please note that under Windows Server 2008, both seamlessrdpshell.exe 
> and the program on its command line must be published Terminal 
> Services applications. Also, seamlessrdpshell.exe must have 
> command line parameters enabled. This is accomplished through 
> the Windows Server 2008 "TS RemoteApp Manager's" 
> "Add RemoteAppProgram" dialog (remoteprograms.msc).

I assume this would not be the case with Windows7, but I have never run 
Windows 7.

If this doesn't work let us know and hopefully we can work out what is 
happening.  Actually, I'd be interested to know if it does work, and how well 
it works.

We also use the patches from http://www.fontis.au.com/rdesktop, which make the 
experience even more seamless.  But I'd leave that for another time.

Good luck!
-- 
Chris Roberts
http://chrisjrob.com
http://bootpolish.net

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