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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