Andy Kurth created VCL-959:
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Summary: Update RDP file settings
Key: VCL-959
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-959
Project: VCL
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: web gui (frontend)
Reporter: Andy Kurth
The settings that get populated in the .rdp file should be updated. The
subroutine that generates the .rdp file is _sendRDPfile_ in _utils.php_.
Each setting should be checked against the current Microsoft reference
documentation to determine if it's used anymore. For example, _clear password_
does not work when connecting from a modern Windows OS. It may not work under
any scenarios anymore. Even if it did, the security implications outweigh the
convenience of not having to type the password.
The _winposstr_ is particularly annoying for me. This is hard-coded as:
{code}print "winposstr:s:0,1,382,71,1182,671\r\n";{code}
The last 4 integers represent distance on screen from left, top, right, and
bottom. They should be adjusted for different window heights and widths. With
the hard-coded values, when you open the .rdp file you always see a partial
window with scrollbars. When connecting from Windows 10 (possibly others
depending on configuration), the maximize button causes the window to dock in
the upper-left corner. It can't be moved. I always have to manually resize
the window to its full size so that I can move it where I want it on my screen.
There are some other settings that shouldn't be hard-coded such as:
{code}print "disable wallpaper:i:1\r\n";{code}
The user should be able to control this.
Design-wise, I don't like having these settings stored directly in the user
table. A separate table should be created such as _rdpPrefs_. I can see the
possible benefit of having similar functionality for different connection
methods such as Spice, *NX. Each will have its own parameters. We should come
up with a way to store the RDP settings that will work for other methods.
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