Questions tagged [remote-access]
Questions about accessing a system or network from a remote computer or location. Consider using a more specific tag for your particular tool, e.g. VNC.
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Dell DRAC console sessions won't time out
I've got a Dell DRAC 5 card connected to a PowerEdge 2900. I've used the console redirect successfully before, but presently the "console redirection" section shows "Active Sessions" = 2, so it won't ...
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Remote Screen Sharing between multiple instance of Windows Server 2003. Is it possible?
I am working on a project with my friends online as well as locally through connecting LAN.
I am using Windows Server 2003 that allows maximum 3 instances of remote desktop connections.
I have ...
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When does it make sense to use Terminal Service Gateway?
We've been using XRDP which was developed by one of the fellows who used to work at my company, but I'm pretty sure it's not being too actively developed any more and we're running out of people who ...
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Managing mulitple devices behind firewall remotely
I am looking for a solution that would let me remotely access multiple devices from a central server.
The devices are preinstalled with custom software but their network conditions will be unknown ...
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Windows Server to Server copy, executed remotely, process overview
Ok so I've got 3 servers in this example
Server_A, Server_B, Server_C
I want to move data over the network from Server_A to Server_B by executing a batch script on Server_C, it would be something ...
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Dell "Remote Access Configuration Utility" keeps prompting
One of our servers can never reboot without pausing at the BIOS prompt asking to "F1 to continue, F2 to enter setup utility".
I have gone into Setup and there is nothing there to stop it prompting ...
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Remotely Managing Storage on Hyper-V 2012 Core
I have a core Hyper-V Server 2012 that I am remotely managing from a Windows 8 client. I can connect in Hyper-V Manager, Server Manager, and MMC. However, I don't understand how I can manage the ...
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How to install remote software NOT on a domain?
I have a situation where some software (that I wrote) is going to be deployed on 60 laptops for an event. The laptops are all running windows 7, but there is no domain controller, and they will all ...
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RSAT slow performance
We are running Win 7 SP1 RSAT with a Server 2003 DC. We mainly use it to reset AD passwords. The performance is extremely slow (one minute of non-responsiveness per password reset). How do we ...
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Can someone recommend a single-port IP-KVM? [closed]
I'm looking for a small rock solid device I can configure with a static IP or DHCP and ship somewhere where a moron can hook it up to a server and I can access the box.
Quality software with quick ...
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Open Source GoToAssist Alternative [closed]
We're trying to trim our budget and one of the items that I believe we can trim is our GoToAssist account. Granted it is not that expensive but I have to think there is a lot of open source RA ...
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Reconnect a Remote Desktop connection after rebooting the host
I often find myself connecting to a workstation or server with Remote Desktop to perform a task which requires a reboot. In these cases, I usually need to reconnect after the host comes back online to ...
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WinRM will not connect to remote computer in my Domain
I am trying to run a script that installs a program remotely for a user in my domain. I can run the script fine on my own computer but when I run the script for a different computer in the domain I ...
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How to setup route? wget: can't connect to remote host (10.102.29.45): No route to host
After
kubectl run -i -t load-generator --image=busybox /bin/sh
From my shell,I am trying
/ # wget http://wordpress.default.svc.cluster.local
Connecting to wordpress.default.svc.cluster.local (10....
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Postgres Docker- How to enable postgres docker to allow remote connections?
I hope to connect my Postgres docker service from remote client. This is how I create the container:
sudo docker run --name pg -p 5432:5432 -v pg_data:/var/lib/postgres/data -e POSTGRES_DB=mydb -e ...
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Remote Powershell not working but test-wsman does
I need to script some routine task to execute remotly from a serverA to many hosts but a couple of them fail to execute the script.
If i execute this:
$cred = Get-Credential myUser
Invoke-Command -...
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Why some servers fail when execute "Get-Service"?
I have several servers connected in VPN to my host server. All run windows 7.
I'm running in loop Get-Service -ComputerName $server -Name Spooler for each server. For some reason some of them return ...
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Unable to RDP as a Domain User
I am facing a problem remoting into a machine using a Domain account.
Problem Facts :
The Host VM's are hosted by Company A (read Domain A). The VM's have a local administrator as well Domain 'A' ...
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I can't connect to mysql on a remote server
I'm trying to connect from an Ubuntu server to a RHEL6 server using mysql. I've tried telneting into the server as well as trying to connect with mysql. I've tried commenting out the bind-address but ...
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Target name resolution error when Hyper-V 2012 server is managed remotely
I have just set up a new Hyper-V 2012 Server and connected it to the domain. I attempted to follow the Microsoft documentation to allow remote management via server manager. I enabled remote ...
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Getting started with active directory and cloud services
I am the 'IT guy' for a company that is rapidly growing and about to reach 100 employees. While my primary job is backend development for our websites and services; I am also tasked with setting up ...
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Remote connect to mysql server?
I've been trying to figure out why I keep getting this error when I try to connect to the MySQL server with the following commands.
$~ mysql -u username -h SQLserver -p
Enter password:
ERROR 1045 (...
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Why does TERM=xterm have to be set for my script to work correctly when remotely executed?
I'm attempting to automate the installation of a Debian server (debian 6.0 squeeze 64bit).
Part of the installation requires the Sun JRE package to be installed.
This package has a licence agreement,...
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Which is the best way, if possible, to maintain a remote X session that survives network outages, reboots etc
Even since I read the chapter about X in Unix Haters handbook I still thought that X was one of the things that make unix superior to Windows, since it makes it "possible" to work on machines remotely ...
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Getting "No such interface supported" when connecting to a remote Performance Monitor
I have 6 machines:
2 x Windows 7 32-bit (W71, W72)
4 x Windows 2008 R2 64-bit (W2k81, W2k82, W2k83, W2k84)
I want to access the W2k8 machines' performance monitors remotely from the W7 machines.
It ...
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How do I remotely check for Microsoft .NET Framework 4?
I've been asked to verify that all of the engineering computers in our company have Microsoft .NET Framework 4 installed.
All computers are currently turned on and are on our private network ...but ...
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Wake all sleeping machines on subnet
Our company just migrated to Windows 7 and decided to use the included "balanced" power plan. The main problem with this is that I use powershell to do remote management and sleeping machines don't ...
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How can you connect to a SQL Server not on your domain?
I have a test machine that's not allowed on our domain because we are testing corporately unsupported applications (SQL 2008 and Server 2008). I want to use management studio to connect to the SQL2008 ...
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Remotely Deleting/Wiping a Laptop
A client of mine wants to be able to remotely wipe employees company laptops upon termination. Does anybody know a good way of going about that? I know Lojack for laptops has this capability...
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Remote control a PC on http/https with no user intervention?
I need to remote control a PC that is behind a SOHO ADSL router (netgear or similar). I do not have access to the password for his router so I cannot make changes on it. I can install software on his ...
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SQLSTATE[HY000] [1130] Host xx.xxx.x.xxx is not allowed to connect to this MySQL Server
I have 2 servers with digitalocean - web (nginx) and database (mysql) servers - and can't get a connection from the web to the mysql server.
From what I've read in other SO posts on the topic, the ...
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How do I stop service on remote server, that's not connected to a domain, using a non admin user via PowerShell
I've got the start of the script to achieve this:
$SecurePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString –String $Password –AsPlainText -Force
$Credential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation....
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Possible to use a console cable from a Cisco ASA and use it interactively with ESXi?
I'm creating procedures to deploy a Cisco ASA and an ESXi machine to remote locations where no local tech contacts are available.
I think it may be a wise idea to connect the console cable from the ...
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Is there a lightweight way to start an application on a remote win7 machine from linux?
I am trying to find a lightweight way to start an application on a remote Windows7 machine from linux.
The following are my boundary conditions:
The Windows7 system is located in the same subnet on ...
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For IIS7 remote adminstration, it is necessary to be an admin?
I'd like to allow one of our developers the ability to remotely administer IIS7 on our Windows 2008 box using the IIS manager. This is not to manage an individual site, but IIS in general.
I can ...
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Remote Administration of Server Core WS2008R2 via MMC on Win7
I have searched and found a couple threads that deal with this topic, but they never quite got to solution. They just seemed to peter out.
I have executed the much recommended:
netsh advfirewall ...
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How to manage Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2?
I've installed Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 on a spare box. How do I configure and manage the server?
I configured as much as I could find to be
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Now back at my desk (Windows ...
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The remote computer requires NLA
While trying to remote into a computer, I originally got a message stating that the clock wasn't in sync with the server time (or something like that... I forget the exact message and cannot reproduce ...
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How to hide specific drives on a server?
I would like to know what's the recommended solution for the following problem.
We do not want users to see (or at least not to modify) the drives D and E of a server they have remote access to.
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remote Powershell script Scheduled task
I am having trouble running a Powershell script as a scheduled task. The script remotely logs into two Hyper-V hosts, queries the replication status and emails the result back to me.
The script works ...
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FortiClient (Windows 7 32 bit) shows 'connected' for an SSL VPN connection but can't ping the remote server
I am trying to connect to a remote server through FortiClient for an SSL VPN connection. When I connect through the FortiClient (version 4.3.5.472) on my windows 7 32-bit system, it shows connected. ...
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How can I start a process on Windows 8.1 remotely from Linux
I tried winexe - it worked fine for Windows XP and Windows 7
But it doesn't work for Windows 8.1. All I get is
ERROR: Cannot open control pipe - NT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER
The same command runs ...
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How do I configure the Web Management Service so I'm not prompted for credentials to manage a remote IIS server
I have IIS 7.5 installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 and I have the Web Management Service configured to use Windows Authentication (including the WindowsAuthenticationEnabled registry key set to 1).
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How should I remotely manage Dell Poweredge 2850 running Ubuntu server?
First I've got to say I'm a Linux / Ubuntu novice, so go gentle on me
as I'm on day 3.
I've managed to get Ubuntu server Ubuntu 8.04 LTS installed and
running on the Poweredge 2850 I bought off ebay. ...
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Is it possible for the administrator to see what I'm doing on my PC and how to prevent it? [closed]
For example if I'm having a conversation in Skype, can he secretly log in in parallel with me and watch my screen? If yes, how to block him? I believe I have admin rights on my dev PC.
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Why doesn't my python script keep running when I use &
I have my gameServer.py script running remotely through PuTTy.
gameServer.py looks like this:
while True :
(( listen for packets ))
(( send all packets to all clients ))
WHEN I execute the ...
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How do I determine which firewall ports need opened for web access to a remote system?
I am a web developer, and am working with a client who has a web service that is located at a specific IP/URL. Access to this is filtered by a firewall, so we need a few of our local machines and our ...
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Importance of vi/vim for sysadmin [closed]
I am currently using TextMate as a text editor. How important is it to learn something like vi if I am to do more sysadmin related stuff, mostly involving ssh?
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Windows remote controle for dual monitor setup
as mentioned in some other questions plenty of remote control tools remote-support-tool
There are some other options but i often run into the same obstacle
I have a dual monitor setup and the ...
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Ubuntu display warning before shutdown over ssh
Ok I admit it...
I stupidly shutdown my remote server via ssh instead of restarting it like I wanted to do :(
To prevent me doing a silly again, is there a way to display a warning / confirmation ...
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