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I’m putting this on my blog, as I want to have a quick resource and reference for myself, it might help others, and I might even get people to provide some invaluable knowledge as well.

I have

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X11RDP-o-Matic Version 3.10 Released

Important note: If you have an issue with o-Matic, please visit the github page and file an issue there, at https://github.com/scarygliders/X11RDP-o-Matic/issues , as I have not been working on o-Matic for a long time now, but it is being actively maintained on Github.

 

 

X11RDP-o-Matic Version 3.10 Released

X11rdp-o-Matic v3.0Beta3 Available for testing

UPDATE : Version 3 now officially released: http://scarygliders.net/2013/07/25/x11rdp-o-matic-version-3-now-released/

 

 

 

 

v3.0beta of my o-matic build-and-configure tools is working pretty damn good, and is available for download from my github repository.

 

To grab it, use :

git clone -b v3.0beta3 https://github.com/scarygliders/X11RDP-o-Matic.git   Then run in the usual manner.

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PolicyKit Editor is taking shape

I'm having fun learning Python! Once it all starts to click, it gets easier :)

So now I have the beginnings of a Python-based GUI utility which reads in a PolicyKit XML policy file, and you can select each action from a drop-down combobox. Upon selection, the window will display the Description, and current settings

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A brief guide to PolicyKit

Like the title suggests, this will be relatively brief – mostly because Policykit isn’t as difficult to understand as I originally led myself to believe.

It all sprang from starting to write about how to get X11rdp/xrdp up and running on your Linux systems. Sure, getting the desktop up remotely in a fast efficient way

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xrdp authentication with Active Directory

A couple of readers asked how they could get xrdp to authenticate with Active Directory.

Here's how…  ;)

Prerequisites I assume your xrdp server already has either the Likewise/Likewise-Open or as it's now known by,  PowerBroker Identity Services I assume that your xrdp server

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The Scarygliders X11rdp-O-Matic and RDPsesconfig : v1.1 released, V2 now available

 

Note : Version 1.x, 2.x are now deprecated in favour of v3.0 which contains fixes and additional changes, plus creates Debian packages. v3 is out now and is a vast improvment.

 

 

 

Article first published on May 23, 2012 @ 8:17

UPDATE : June 17, 2012

Changelog :

Added important note about Policykit – see

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Get audio with your xrdp/x11rdp connections, LAN or Remote! Updated! Windows Clients!

Okay so I did a bit of research, and found a method of forwarding audio from your remote RDP Linux desktops.

The methods work for RDP connections on your local LAN, and also for connections to remote systems via ssh tunnels.

Here's how…

2012-04-19 Article Updated

Changelog:

Added a section for how

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ssh – Secure your systems with ssh on Linux and puTTY on Windows – Part 1

This will be a multi-part series on SSH

This is Part 1

Say you have a workstation or server, safely sitting behind a firewall, but you need access, for example, to the shiny RDP service you installed not so long ago, and/or other services on that system.

You could easily forward the RDP

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QuickTips : Stop apt downloading Translations Indexes

I’ve noticed that recently, Debian-based distributions seem to be attempting to download a bazillion Translations Indexes from their repositories. Most of the these attempts seem to be either ignored, or fail, and sometimes it even seems to slow down the update download itself, presumably because it takes time for the repository server to time out

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