About Exceed onDemand

Exceed onDemand Client lets you use your computer to access and work with applications that reside on UNIX, Linux, VMS, and other X Window System host machines. Using Exceed onDemand Client, you can also create, configure, and manage Xconfig and Xstart files. These files contain settings that Exceed onDemand uses to configure the startup, look, and behavior of your X sessions and start X applications on remote hosts.

Features and Functionality

A number of key features ensure secure, dependable, and adaptable X sessions.

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  Exceed onDemand Client is available for Windows, Linux/UNIX, and Mac platforms. Some features are platform specific. Administrators can also limit feature availability.

Authentication and Encryption  Exceed onDemand authenticates user names and passwords for all host connections. In some cases, you can configure additional security options.

Session Suspend and Resume  You can suspend X sessions instead of closing them and terminating all X applications. When you reconnect to the server, Exceed onDemand Client gives you the option of resuming the suspended session. You can set an additional option that allows the X application to continue functioning while the X session is suspended. Depending on the options set by the administrator, you may also resume suspended sessions from Exceed onDemand Client installed on other computer systems.

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  Administrators can suspend user sessions if necessary.

Suspend Disconnected Sessions  You can configure Exceed onDemand to keep X sessions running in the event that Exceed onDemand Client disconnects from Exceed Connection Server. In this case, Exceed Connection Server keeps the session suspended. When you reconnect, you can opt to resume the session to avoid lengthy X application restarts.

X Session Sharing  Exceed onDemand lets you share your X session to one or more users. If a session is shared to you by another user, you may either view or join the session from your computer depending on the permissions granted to you by the session owner. This feature is useful when providing a demonstration, working remotely, or getting technical support.

Printing  With Exceed onDemand Client, you can access files on the host and print them as you would a local file. Exceed onDemand Print Utility (elpr) is the program that facilitates this functionality.

X Session Configuration  Xconfig files contain information that specifies how Exceed onDemand starts an X session and how it looks and behaves. Exceed onDemand Xconfig Manager lets you create, edit, and delete Xconfig files.

Remote Startup  Xstart lets you automate the process of connecting to a host and starting X applications that reside on it. With Xstart, you can create, configure, and manage Xstart files (.xs). In these files, you specify the host to which you want to connect, your login credentials and the command line parameters necessary to start the X application you require.

Windows Remote Desktop Startup  Xstart offers a Windows RDP startup method, which lets you access remote Windows desktops or applications from within your Exceed onDemand session. Users of Exceed onDemand Client for Linux/UNIX and Mac, can now access any host with Exceed onDemand Client, often with better performance, and administrators can configure and audit remote desktop sessions for their end users.

Related Topics

Overview of X Session Startup