Using Xmanager To Connect Remote Desktop From Windows To CentOS

How to connect linux system remote desktop From the windows system, you must know that we can use  VNC tool, then if there are other good ways? This post will introduce a new Xmanager tools, this tool canconnect remote desktop of Linux system or CentOS system from windows system and it is also very convenient.

​Xmanager is a run on the Windows platform of high performance X Server software. It can make the desktop seamless zone remote of Unix/Linux  from  your Windows system, even in the intranet or computer is behind a firewall, can also run through the distal SSH protocol security of X application.

Features include:

• Through the Xcongfig tool is provided with a plurality of Xmanager set;
• Windows terminal environment supports multiple users;
• Support multiple IP addresses;
• Support local resource database;
• Keyboard mapping transformation via hotkeys;
• Support multi window Windows print function etc.

CentOS Remote Desktop Configuration

1. first of all, through the following Yum command to install the GDM package

$yum -y install GDM

2. change the configuration file /etc/gdm/custom.conf, add the following configuration:

[security]


AllowRemoteRoot=true


[xdmcp]

Port=177


Enable=1

3. diable CentOS firewall service

$/etc/init.d/iptables stop

Wiondows system configuration

First of all to download and install the Xmanager tools, and then open the XBrowser and input  IP address of that linux system, you can connect to the remote desktop of CentOS.