Bug 249146 – [net-misc/rdesktop] Add Win2k Terminal Server support

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX

[Description Gabor Garami 2008-11-28 09:23:21 UTC]

Problem: Windows 2000 Terminal Server gives a temporary licence to rdesktop clients and it's expires in 30 days. But a small patch (attached) can solve this problem.

Reproduction: Connect to Win2000 TS server with rdesktop, after 30 days TS will reports license expired, and your IP will be blocked.

Solution: Patch the rdesktop source with attached patch :)

[Comment 1 Gabor Garami 2008-11-28 09:25:19 UTC]

Created attachment 173627 [details, diff]
Windows 2000 Terminal Server license problem patch

[Comment 2 Serkan Kaba (RETIRED) 2008-11-28 13:47:46 UTC]

I don't think we can have *hacks* in portage tree. Assigning to maintainer for for final word.

[Comment 3 Bernard Cafarelli 2008-12-02 13:35:15 UTC]

From http://www.rdesktop.org/old-archive/2002/msg00053.html , it does not seem very clear legally speaking (as it makes rdesktop identify as a legal windows 2000 server). As it was never added upstream, I'd rather not add it in our ebuild ;)

[Comment 4 Gabor Garami 2008-12-03 20:30:39 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> From http://www.rdesktop.org/old-archive/2002/msg00053.html , it does not seem
> very clear legally speaking (as it makes rdesktop identify as a legal windows
> 2000 server). As it was never added upstream, I'd rather not add it in our
> ebuild ;)
> 

Basically, the problem that you cannot retreive a valid CAL even if you have it. I'm open for any other solution... 
So, the name hacking is'nt a very userfriendly solution, because 1) GUI frontends doesn't supports it, 2) It's an awful hack.

[Comment 5 Bernard Cafarelli 2008-12-07 20:39:59 UTC]

If you have a link explaining why this patch never got included and/or that it's ok to use it (the link I posted is not clear on that), I'll gladly add it to portage ebuild. In the meantime you can of course use it in your local overlay ;)