From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 14 08:39:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C657816A532 for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 08:39:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout5.cac.washington.edu (mxout5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68A4243D45 for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 08:39:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout5.cac.washington.edu (8.13.6+UW06.03/8.13.6+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k4E8dm3T032511 for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 01:39:48 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.50] (dsl254-013-145.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.13.145]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.6+UW06.03/8.13.6+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k4E8daxM011758 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 01:39:46 -0700 Message-ID: <4466ECCB.1020200@u.washington.edu> Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 01:39:39 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: Is there a daemon/program for FreeBSD that accepts Microsoft RDP connections? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 08:39:49 -0000 Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Garrett Cooper >> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 1:12 AM >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: Is there a daemon/program for FreeBSD that accepts >> Microsoft RDP connections? >> >> >> However, there's also the NoMachine NX server/client protocol >> to look into, which is hailed as a Unix counterpart for RDP. See >> for a licensed version and >> for a GNU opensource version. So if you >> really want to sell your boss on remote access with FreeBSD, I would >> look into this solution. >> > > The point was that no matter what he tells his boss, he will get it > shot down. > > But he can certainly try. > > Usually what happens with these kinds of discussions is someone > will post something similar to what our original poster said, everyone > will replay with lots of well-meaning suggestions, the OP will then > get lit up and go back to his boss or whoever is being obstructive, > and get shot down again. And most times we never hear from the OP > again with a followup. > > Ted > True... I was just offering a suggestion, just in case. I figured that if the boss doesn't like Unix (which it seems he probably doesn't) though-like you said, so he won't support this. -Garrett