[GTALUG] Remote Desktop [ RDP files and Remmina ]

[Aruna Hewapathirane]

On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 11:55 PM Kevin Cozens via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
wrote:

> On 2020-08-22 10:57 a.m., Aruna Hewapathirane via talk wrote:
> > 1 - Office System is in London, Ontario and runs Windows.
> > 2 - I have a dual boot running Windows and Debian
> >
> > How do I log-in to the office server using my linux system ?
>
> I have used remmina to access remote servers running Windows.


Oh-kay so Remmina does work. I just have to figure out how now :-)


> I'm not sure
> about setting up the Windows side of the connection as the servers had RDP
> access already enabled. I just needed to enter the IP address, the name
> for
> the root or administrator account and associated password, and set the
> connection type to RDP.
>

This is a problem. I do not have access to the office server.

>
> On the Windows side check whether Remote Desktop is available in the
> version
> of Windows you are running. If it is available you will need to enable it.
> Set the firewall to restrict RDP access to your remote machine.
>

Thank you Kevin. I will have to ask the IT team in the london office but
they are very
strict when it comes to these things. Procedure and policy is what they say.

>
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