Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-30 Thread David C. Rankin
On 07/30/2018 02:32 AM, Ralph Corderoy wrote: >> I am totally confused as to what and why you are wanting to put your >> Arch server between the employees and the RDP session to the windows >> server?? Where is the code they produce stored? Windows? Arch Server? > Mike didn't mention an Arch server

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-30 Thread Chris Warrick via arch-general
On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 at 16:00, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > > How can I automatically detect that FreeRDP session has been closed so > > that I can run a small Zenity script? > > Well, a script is probably being run, just like a .xinitrc might be, > and instead of its normal > > xcloc

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-30 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Mike, > How can I automatically detect that FreeRDP session has been closed so > that I can run a small Zenity script? Well, a script is probably being run, just like a .xinitrc might be, and instead of its normal xclock & xbiff & xterm & exec twm to start a bunch of X client

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-30 Thread Foxtrot Mike via arch-general
On 07/30/2018 12:32 PM, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi David, > >> Foxtrot Mike wrote: >>> I want to use the Arch system as a Remote Desktop node. The Arch >>> system would use a login manager (such as lightdm) to authenticate >>> users from Windows Domain. Once the user has been authenticated, the >>>

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-30 Thread Foxtrot Mike via arch-general
On 07/29/2018 10:01 PM, Chris Warrick via arch-general wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 at 19:07, Foxtrot Mike via arch-general > wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Currently we have around 10 employees who develop software using Visual >> Studio. The idea is to install the development tools on the Windows >> Se

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-30 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi David, > Foxtrot Mike wrote: > > I want to use the Arch system as a Remote Desktop node. The Arch > > system would use a login manager (such as lightdm) to authenticate > > users from Windows Domain. Once the user has been authenticated, the > > system is supposed to automatically open a RDP co

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-29 Thread David C. Rankin
On 07/27/2018 12:07 PM, Foxtrot Mike via arch-general wrote: > I  want to use the Arch system as a Remote Desktop > node. The Arch system would use a login manager (such as lightdm) to > authenticate users from Windows Domain. Once the user has been > authenticated, the system is supposed to aut

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-29 Thread Chris Warrick via arch-general
On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 at 19:07, Foxtrot Mike via arch-general wrote: > > Hi all, > > Currently we have around 10 employees who develop software using Visual > Studio. The idea is to install the development tools on the Windows > Server system, and to have all the developers connect to the server ove

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-29 Thread Foxtrot Mike via arch-general
On 07/28/2018 02:52 AM, cyelae via arch-general wrote: > On 2018-07-27 19:07, Foxtrot Mike via arch-general wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Currently we have around 10 employees who develop software using Visual >> Studio. The idea is to install the development tools on the Windows >> Server system, and

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-29 Thread Foxtrot Mike via arch-general
On 07/27/2018 11:17 PM, Giancarlo Razzolini wrote: > Em julho 27, 2018 14:46 Foxtrot Mike via arch-general escreveu: >> >> The issue with x2go and ltsp is that I'll have to separately manage >> username and passwords for local Linux login. The solution that I'd >> rather prefer would use Active

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-28 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Mike, cyelae wrote: > I'm not sure about the auth part given my little experience with it, > but if you're going to log into a server via RDP, can't you simply > have your lightweight machine automatically open a default session > [1], connect to the windows server, and authenticate users there

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-27 Thread cyelae via arch-general
On 2018-07-27 19:07, Foxtrot Mike via arch-general wrote: Hi all, Currently we have around 10 employees who develop software using Visual Studio. The idea is to install the development tools on the Windows Server system, and to have all the developers connect to the server over RDP using low-e

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-27 Thread Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general
Em julho 27, 2018 16:24 ProgAndy escreveu: The Arctica Project seems to be in the process of implementing exactly what you want. https://arctica-project.org/ https://github.com/ArcticaProject/remote-logon-service It looks they are using Nomachine's nx libraries, the same x2go uses. And,

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-27 Thread ProgAndy
Am 27.07.2018 um 19:46 schrieb Foxtrot Mike via arch-general: On 07/27/2018 10:16 PM, Giancarlo Razzolini wrote: Em julho 27, 2018 14:07 Foxtrot Mike via arch-general escreveu: Here are the major tasks: 1- Ask LightDM to use Windows Domain (Kerberos) authentication. I am a little confused. Th

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-27 Thread Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general
Em julho 27, 2018 14:46 Foxtrot Mike via arch-general escreveu: The issue with x2go and ltsp is that I'll have to separately manage username and passwords for local Linux login. The solution that I'd rather prefer would use Active directory authentication so the current system administrator w

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-27 Thread Bardur Arantsson
On 2018-07-27 19:46, Foxtrot Mike via arch-general wrote: > > The issue with x2go and ltsp is that I'll have to separately manage > username and passwords for local Linux login. The solution that I'd > rather prefer would use Active directory authentication so the current > system administrator

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-27 Thread Foxtrot Mike via arch-general
On 07/27/2018 10:16 PM, Giancarlo Razzolini wrote: > Em julho 27, 2018 14:07 Foxtrot Mike via arch-general escreveu: >> >> Here are the major tasks: >> >> 1- Ask LightDM to use Windows Domain (Kerberos) authentication. I am >> a little confused. There are supposedly many different ways with >>

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

2018-07-27 Thread Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general
Em julho 27, 2018 14:07 Foxtrot Mike via arch-general escreveu: Here are the major tasks: 1- Ask LightDM to use Windows Domain (Kerberos) authentication. I am a little confused. There are supposedly many different ways with little changes to do this. [1] is one solution. LDAP is also a possib