MAC RDC - Local copy of files

[Guest]

I have a Win 2k Terminal Services Box, 99% of the clients will be macintosh OSX 10.3 using MS Remote Desktop Client into a multi-layered accounting program (sbclient, d3, accounting, term services win 2k etc). It seems as though the Mac client is advanced (like the XP) so the rdpclip and drmapsrv will not work and none of the tools out there even mention the mac client... what would be GREAT would be to be able to have a shortcut that maps to a folder on the macintosh desktop so that we could do some drag and dropping from within the ts session.

Is there a tool out there or what settings do I need to do on the win2k side and the mac side (of each client or maybe to a mac server) would I need to do and can I make them persistent in the profile so that they get it each time they login to the terminal server -- don't really want to use a logon script as there are other issues with that)
Thanks in advance

 

[Matthew Harris [MVP]]

It almost sounds like upgrading to Windows Server 2003
might be the best bet, since the client drive mapping is
already included withint the RDP 5.2 protocol.

You might want to check out TSDropCopy, but I'm relatively
sure that this won't support Macs. Hmm...now that I come
to think of it, I can't think of any programs that will
work with RDP to transfer files and will work on Macs. I
imagine you could write you own, but by the time you do
this, an upgrade to Windows Server 2003 would be easier.

-M

-----Original Message-----
I have a Win 2k Terminal Services Box, 99% of the clients

will be macintosh OSX 10.3 using MS Remote Desktop Client
into a multi-layered accounting program (sbclient, d3,
accounting, term services win 2k etc). It seems as though
the Mac client is advanced (like the XP) so the rdpclip
and drmapsrv will not work and none of the tools out there
even mention the mac client... what would be GREAT would
be to be able to have a shortcut that maps to a folder on
the macintosh desktop so that we could do some drag and
dropping from within the ts session.

Is there a tool out there or what settings do I need to

do on the win2k side and the mac side (of each client or
maybe to a mac server) would I need to do and can I make
them persistent in the profile so that they get it each
time they login to the terminal server -- don't really
want to use a logon script as there are other issues with
that)

 

[Guest]

Thank you for the reply -- I could not even get ts drop copy to work correctly on my xp -- so I bailed before even trying it on the macs. Can't move to 2003 because neither of the applications that we are just now implementing support that version -- in fact one of them expressly does not (hope that changes at some point in future) but in the meantime guess I will have to see what I can do to map a drive on the mac server or mac client using samba and then maybe I can create a short cut or hard mapping to that folder/share? Anyway that is what I am hoping for...

ideas or links are gratefully appreciated.

Nancy

 

[Cláudio Rodrigues]

I could port FTPRDP to the MacOS probably if there is demand for that.

--
Cláudio Rodrigues

Microsoft MVP
Windows Technologies - Terminal Services
http://www.terminal-services.net

Thank you for the reply -- I could not even get ts drop copy to work

correctly on my xp -- so I bailed before even trying it on the macs. Can't
move to 2003 because neither of the applications that we are just now
implementing support that version -- in fact one of them expressly does not
(hope that changes at some point in future) but in the meantime guess I will
have to see what I can do to map a drive on the mac server or mac client
using samba and then maybe I can create a short cut or hard mapping to that
folder/share? Anyway that is what I am hoping for...