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

[Foxtrot Mike]

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
>>> system is supposed to automatically open a RDP connection (using
>>> freerdp) to the Windows Server (if possible, using the credentials
>>> provided to lightdm so the user doesn't have to enter his password
>>> twice). As soon as the user quits the RDP session, his X-session
>>> should also be closed automatically.
>> 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.  He has a Windows server and ten
> PCs.  He wants each PC to be a dumb RDP terminal to the server.  He is
> considering running `the Arch system' on each dumb PC to provide the
> RDP-terminal functionality, e.g. an X server and RDP client.
>
Thanks for summarizing it so elegantly.