[FreeNX-kNX] When deploying Linux

[Doug Burks]

Hello again Chris,

nxdesktop is based on rdesktop and thus the man pages are likely
identical.  Here's an online version of the rdesktop man page:
http://thintux.sourceforge.net/rdesktop.html

You are interested in the following option:
-s <shell>
    Startup shell for the user - starts a specific application instead
of Explorer.

Doug


On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:43:05 -0400, Chris Fanning
<christopher.fanning at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, I've got my hands on a Windows Server and apt-getted nxdesktop
> 
> And presto! nxdesktop 192.168.... opens up a windows desktop.
> 
> But you mention
> > and start a particular application (with no Windows
> > desktop, Start Menu, etc.).  For more information, try "man nxdesktop"
> 
> I can't find this manual page.
> Where do you keep it?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 09:30:33 -0400, Doug Burks <mubley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > This is absolutely possible!  You can build one FreeNX server that
> > your FreeNX thin clients connect to.  The FreeNX clients would be
> > configured for Gnome or KDE and would receive that as their normal
> > environment.  You could then populate their Gnome/KDE desktops (or
> > program menus) with a launcher that would fire up nxdesktop, connect
> > to the Windows terminal server, login automatically with a certain
> > username/password, and start a particular application (with no Windows
> > desktop, Start Menu, etc.).  For more information, try "man nxdesktop"
> > from a command line on the FreeNX server.
> >
> > If one Windows account is only going to be running one particular
> > Windows application, you can also force this within Active Directory
> > (if available).  You can find this option in Active Directory Users
> > and Computers --> user properties --> Environment tab --> Start the
> > following program at logon.
> >
> > Let us know how this works out for you.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Doug
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:02:51 +0200, Chris Fanning
> > <christopher.fanning at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > When moving a whole group of users over to Linux you can almost be
> > > sure that they are using some application that can't be easily
> > > migrated. From a horrible mess of MSaccess queries, to some customized
> > > accounting application.
> > >
> > > I'd like to know if I can setup a freeNX network with Linux desktops
> > > and use a Windows Terminal Server to server those applications I can't
> > >  initially migrate.
> > >
> > > What level of integration is possible?
> > > I know you can open an NX session with the MSoft Terminal Server from
> > > within X, but can I run just one MS application and have it open
> > > within my Gnome o KDE?
> > >
> > > Running an application from the MS Terminal Server inside KDE as if it
> > > were a native Linux application is very interesting indeed.
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