Re: Windows Remote Desktop over ssh

O. Olson wrote:
> Hi,
> I am wondering if someone has experience with Windows Desktop RDP over
> ssh.
>
> I have a windows XP computer at home. Unfortunately this is behind a
> router, so with the exception of ssh it is inaccessible to the outside
> world. (I am running a cygwin sshd server on it.) I have a Linux PC
> outside where I work - and I sometimes need to connect to my home PC.
> I am wondering if I can ssh from my linux PC to my home PC and port
> forward - then use rdesktop to connect.
>
> What have I tried?
> I have read two articles about it at
> http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Ssh/RemoteDesktopSSH.html
> and
> http://www.bluestream.org/Networking/SSHTunnelRDP.htm
>
> When locally logged on to my home computer I have started the cygwin
> bash shell and tried
>
> ssh -L 127.0.0.2:3390:127.0.0.1:3389 localhost
>
> Then I tried using remote desktop to connect to 127.0.0.2:3390
> i.e. connecting from the windows machine to itself - and this worked.
>
>
> (Note: I have Win XP SP2 so I needed to install the patch at
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;%5BLN%5D;884020
> )
>
> I now logged on to my linux machine i.e. on the other side of the
> router and tried
>
> ssh -L 127.0.0.2:3390:127.0.0.1:3389 Usrname@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I then started
> rdesktop 127.0.0.2:3390
> to get ERROR: connect: Connection refused (or rdesktop
> localhost:3390 with same failure)
>
> I also tried
> ssh -L 3390:localhost:3389 Usrname@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> and I still get the same failure.
>
> Lastly, I would like to note that windows remote desktop is enabled in
> my windows firewall.
>
> I hope someone has some ideas.
> Regards,
>


Is the machine at home XP Pro or XP Home Edition? Home edition doesn't
support remote desktop. What I have used instead is ultraVNC. It's not
the same as rdp because it actually takes control of the console, but
it's better than having nothing at all.

If you have XP pro at home and sshd running you should be able to
connect by running the following on the *client* (Linux) PC...

ssh -L 3389:localhost:3389 username@homeIPaddress &

Then specify localhost on the client as the IP address of your home PC.


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