I agree - having Guacamole as a way to connect would be really helpful. Josh
On Thu July 21 2016 2:59:28 PM Aaron Peeler wrote: > Hi Dmitri, > > I think this would be a great addition. Also it is an apache incubating > project. > > I had experimented with Ericom AccessNow html5 client - but never > found funding for a 50 seat license. It also did not do drive mapping > direct. > > Aaron > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > For the past few days I’ve been looking into integrating Guacamole into > > VCL, which would add HTML5 RDP (and VNC/SSH) clients as connection > > method. > > > > It looks like a custom Authentication method needs to be implemented on > > Guacamole side to link VCL’s database and Guacamole. VCL’s database has > > all the info needed to establish RDP connection to a running reservation > > without a need for user to login to RDP session. > > > > I found few older projects (guacamole-auth-hmac and > > guacamole-auth-hmac-easy) which accomplish this fairly easy, but these > > don’t work with Guacamole v0.9.9. > > > > I wanted to ask if there is interest in adding above integration before > > starting to work on it. It looks like it would improve user’s experience > > and also it would allow use of tablets with VCL, since it should work > > with any HTML5 browser. Also no need for RDP client installed on > > MAC/Linux. > > > > One thing is unclear - at least in our environment - is how to access > > local drives when connecting via HTML5 RDP. Guacamole offers built-in > > support for mapping a drive to a folder on Guacamole server (which could > > be NFS/SAMBA mounted to a central storage), but there is no way to map > > client’s drives directly. > > > > > > -- > > Thank you, > > > > Dmitri Chebotarov > > ITS/SSG @ GMU > > 223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5 [https://goo.gl/maps/w2nCJ6APrHC2] > > Phone: (703) 993-6175 | Fax: (703) 993-3404 > > Public key: [https://goo.gl/SlE8tj] -- ------------------------------- Josh Thompson Systems Programmer Virtual Computing Lab (VCL) North Carolina State University [email protected] 919-515-5323 my GPG/PGP key can be found at www.keyserver.net All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
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