Wondering if anyone knows of a Terminal Server Service Package for Linux that might RUN on Ubuntu 8.04?

I want to put my Windows 2000 Server to rest and have migrated everything to Linux except for the ability to run the system remotely through Terminal Services.

I checked into the remote desktop of Ubuntu and its actually configured for VNC port 5900. Tried setting the port manually to 3389 to see if I could RDP to the Linux Ubuntu box and it would not work.

Based on past experiences with VNC getting hacked, I STAY clear of running it through the WWW.

RDP has been solid with no problems on the old 2000 server that I retired. Hoping there is a Linux Terminal solution that will work like RDP for remote access and secure.

Thanksits called Telnet. A more secured version of "Telnet" would be SSH. check your distribution documentation for how to turn them on.Can you describe what you want to do which you used to do with Remote Desktop Connection?

If you simply want to login to the linux host, then as Ghotdog said telnet, rlogin and ssh do that. If you want to remote display GUIs back to the machine you're sitting in front of, then that's a different story. (BTW, ONE of the best ssh programs for Windows is called putty)

If the machine you're sat in front of is another unix system, then just set the DISPLAY on the Ubuntu box to POINT at your system, and start the GUI. If you want to do this over the internet then use the -X option to ssh and the sshd on your Ubuntu box will automatically set the DISPLAY for you.

If you're sat in front of a Windows system, then download and install Xming on the windows system and then you can either login to your Ubuntu box via XDM if your on the local network, or if you want to use a more secure method over the internet then configure Xming to use putty and xterm, and you can X display your GUI back to the windows box via sshd as you would on a unix box.Thanks Banjo67

Linux GUI passed to a Windows Machine over the web is definately what I want to do. Just like RDP to a Windows based machine to authenticate securely with encrypted data I want to do the same with Linux.

I have used Putty in the past with winscp for my FTP server project back in college, so I will definately use it for ssh.

I will have to check into that Xming .... and yes I will have to configure Xming to use Putty and xterm to x display the GUI

Might be asking more questions if I get stumped. Thanks for pointing the way to make this happen.