Hi Rich,
Sorry it's been so long since getting back, been busy on other things. I know you've requested for me to post results of showboot codes, and I haven't forgotten that. But I wanted to actually get a working .sh before moving on. Good news is, I finally got a working script to at least launch rdesktop with correct configuration, prompting user for standard win server credentials.
Script is simply:
#!/bin/sh
rdesktop "plus whatever string of parameters here"
Installing glibc_gconv.tcz did clear up warnings in rdesktop, thanks for that.
By spending some time with it, things are starting to clear up, and work a bit smoother. As far as extensions go, we need very few, which is a really good thing. Users will get everything they need on the apps server they will be connecting to. Decided not to make the script run at boot, too many unknowns. For now, user can simply type the name of the .sh script in the RUN program field and away they go. Would be nice to have an icon on the bar though.