[wellylug] Remote Assist from Linux

[andrej at paradise.net.nz]

Quoting Ian Beardslee:

> Hi all,
> 
> Has anyone tried or knows how to provide assistance to a Windows XP 
> machine from a Linux machine with the Remote Assist feature that is on 
> Windows XP?
As far as I'm concerned you've pretty much answered your
own question below ... 


> I understand that it uses RDP, so in theory the RDP Desktop that is 
> available on most linux distros should be able to do the job. But there
> seems to be more involved than that. I'm not sure if I'm asking google 
> the rights questions to get my answer.
I don't know about "But there seems to be more involved than that." ...
I've done exactly that using plain old rdesktop as installed
from source on my slack-boxen.  Alternatively put TightVNC on
the clients ... 


> Cheers,
> 
> Ian
Cheers,
Andrej