1 WinXP - 2 seats

Tom Diehl tdiehl at rogueind.com
Fri Sep 3 13:03:01 UTC 2004


On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Harry Putnam wrote:

> "Taylor, ForrestX" <forrestx.taylor at intel.com> writes:
> 
> > I second rdesktop.  It works like a charm for me.  I even get better
> > resolution using rdesktop than I do natively.
> 
> How does one manage a logon with this critter?  The manpage says very
> little about usage.
> rdesktop [options] server[:port]
> 
> I'm running FC3t1 with the rdesktop on rawhide.  And winXP-pro.
> 
> the win xp pro machine has only one user [administrator] and nothing
> is passworded.  Looking thru the winXP help regarding rdesktop it
> appears that administrator does not need to be added to list of users.
> And that rdesktop is enabled by default.
> I have tried it with and without listing administrator on the winxp dialog.
> 
> Running rdesktop from linux machine like:
> 
>    rdesktop 192.168.x.xxx 
> gets me a login dialog with a slot for user and one for password.
> 
> Filling in UID slot as Administrator and clicking OK gets this
> message: `unable to log on because of an account restriction'
> 
> But of course `administrator' is unrestricted.
> 
> I've tried machine\user, IP.ADD.RESS\user
> And several other combinations but all get that same message.
> 
> Whats the trick?

rdp is not enabled by default. Right click my computer -> remote tab click
on the checkbox to allow remote access. I forget the exact name and I do
not have an XP box here, but it is obvious.

In addition I think you need a passwd on the acct you want to login to.

HTH,

Tom





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