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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Remote access to Microsoft Dynamics NAV (C/Side) with native non-SQL database
I am facing a company that have a fairly recent Microsoft Dynamics NAV (C/Side) setup that comes with a non-SQL storage system called the native database server. I would need to be remotely connect to ...
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How do I connect to a Server 2008 Core R2 that is not in the same domain from mmc/server manager
I have set these rules on Server 2008 Core:
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="File and Printer Sharing" new enable=yes
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Remote Administration" new ...
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MySQL Remote Access Security Considerations
I have always used MySQL locally using sockets. Now I need to access a database remotely. How safe is it and what would I need to consider? Is it sufficient to just use the bind-address or should I ...
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what instance name in connection string for Dynamic management Views
I want to run the following query ::
SELECT S.*
FROM sys.dm_exec_requests S
JOIN sys.dm_exec_sessions R ON r.session_id = s.blocking_session_id
It works when i run it in SQL Server Console.
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Powershell - Query remote Local Security Policy?
I am looking to remotely query a list of servers, to ensure they are "set up" correctly
One of the things I want to check is the Local Security Policy -> User Rights Assignment ->Deny Log on through ...
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What is the best way to execute remote command on EC2 Instance (Windows)?
I am trying to execute a command on a remote EC2 instance (Windows), but I am not able to connect the remote server from local machine. I have put the ICMP open for all ports.
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Recommendation on remote access setup for accessing customer systems [closed]
I'm looking for a product recommendation (open or commercial) that will allow remote access to customer sites for tech support purposes. We need to be able to gain access to help troubleshoot problems ...
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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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WAMP external connectivity problem [closed]
I'm setting up a WAMP server with SSL on XP SP2.
-Default port 80 && 443 are NOT forwarded.
The server's admin forwarded ports 1000-1010 && 8080.
When I change httpd config file to ...
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Remote access to a Linux machine behind a firewall
I'm going to be deploying an Linux machine as a sort of public terminal at a remote location. I'd like to be able to access it remotely via SSH for maintenance but I don't want to keep a port open on ...
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Suggestions for accessing SQL Server from internet
i need to be able to access a customer's SQL Server, and ideally their entire LAN, remotely.
They have a firewall/router, but the guy responsible for it is unwilling to open ports for SQL Server, and ...
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remote movable workspace access workflow suggestions
My users need a solution with these requirements:
Remote access to multiple Linux-based applications
Remote access from multiple clients (not simultaneous)
Application grouping needed such that all ...
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Grant a license for RDP from a remote machine?
Being a rather newbie server admin guy, I've stupidly overlooked the apparent need to renew remote desktop access licenses at my office, while I can presumably hook up a monitor and keyboard to server ...
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vbscript and secure connection
I don't know if anyone has been able to connect to a secure mssql server over the internet with vbscript using the adodb object
is there pilicy that restrict script connecting to secure servers?
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Xen - Centralized logon for all domU's
I'm part of a small business who is curently renting a dedicated server running Xen (Debian) with 4 Debian guests.
Dom0 = eon
DomU-1 = fry - build server
DomU-2 = get - development env
DomU-3 = hal - ...
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Any way to access an IP-restricted server remotely (if I have access to an allowed machine)?
I remote a fair amount at my new job. Our production and test SQL Servers are IP-restricted to our development machines. I have RDP access, so most of the time I just RDP in when I want to remote. If ...
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IBM xSeries 335 General Questions (power usage and installation)
I just received a 2nd hand IBM xSeries 335 1U rack mountable server, and I have a few questions about it:
How do I install it? Is there an Installation Utility disk like for the HP Proliant servers (...
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Remotely activate remote administration on Windows Server 2008
I have a headless windows server 2008 R2 running, and obviously I forgot to enable remote administration. Every attempt to connect via remote desktop, even with the administrator user, is currently ...
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Webdav, WS2008 R2 Web edition and IIS 7.5
I can see this is rapidly becoming a FAQ.
Something is preventing me from accessing a shared folder via Webdav. Here are the steps taken so far:
0. Hosted machine has two IP addresses, 2 sub-domain ...
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MySQL Start Service
Is it possible to, remotely using MySQL, to start a service on the server, or to run any file? What about FTP, can you tell it to run a file? I ask because a developer I work with has killed apache, ...
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Remote orderly shutdown of EC2 instance?
I'm writing a script which shuts down EC2 instances remotely using ec2-terminate-instances. I would like to perform orderly shutdowns (similar to the ones triggered by Linux 'shutdown' command) ...
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How can I set up filesharing on two servers
I have two servers in my network, both running Windows Server 2008 R2. Server One is the firewall (with local IP 192.168.2.1), and server Two is the web server (with local IP 192.168.2.2) which ...
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How do you manage servers in a different town
We have servers in two different locations in our town. We connect to them through ssh to do almost everything that we need. But whenever we need to re install a server, we need to drive to the ...
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Problem accessing the remote working space on my new SBS 2008 box
This supposedly easy to install OS is starting to drive me nuts...
SYMPTOMS:
When trying to connect to the remote workplace I get (and ignore) the security warning because I am currently testing with ...
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Internal Use Chat/Desktop Platform
I did some looking, but I didn't see a SF question directly related to this.
I need to find a platform for internal/LAN use only for chat and desktop sharing. We got a lot people having to get up and ...
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Listing services on remote machine locks me out of the machine
I run a powershell command to list all of the services on a remote matchine:
$b = 0;
get-wmiobject win32_service -computer $computerName -credential $cred | select-object Name, @{n='Counter';e={$...
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password less login using ssh-copy-id where remote machine has different ssh port number then 22?
is anybody knows how can I pass the ssh_port with ssh-copy-id to enable password less remote ssh login..
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Apache on Localhost to block incoming connections outside localhost
How can I make it that my local Apache installation works only as http://localhost/ and never from outside like using the IP of my machine when connected to a network please?
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How to mass install applications to clients remotely
I work for a company with 500 retail shops all over the country. Each shop is provided with 2 or 3 PCs.
Is there a way to mass install applications, without having to access one PC at a time (e.g. ...
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Is connecting to sql server 2008 r2 express remotely a secure connection?
I am connecting to a Windows 2008 R2 Server with SQL Server 2008 R2 Express installed. I am connecting through a remote connection, not on the same LAN. I am connecting to the SQL Server 2008 R2 ...
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Need options for remote encrypted network connection software other than VPN
Trying to help setup a network connection for a telecommuter. We went through a bunch of attempts with VPN on our Linsys router and in Server 2003 with out success. All IT people in our small company ...
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How to add remoter computer into perfmon.msc?
I want to add remote computer performance snap into local computer perfmon.msc.
Please help me out and provide step by step method.
Thanks
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Offline Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) Caching
Remote desktop services seems theoretically attractive, but I'm struggling with a practical aspect of deployment: mobile (laptop) users.
I would say about 99% of the time, mobile users would be able ...
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Please recommend a free stealth remote access solution for internal network
I need to have ability to stealthfully access, view, and control a few dozen PC's on my company's network. I would need a control panel window, so I can instantly connect to any of the users. Please ...
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Remotely firing off adplus.exe on Win2k3
I've built a nice little widget that lets our Command Center people launch ADPlus.exe to capture crash dumps on failing IIS 6 App Pools. It's doing a bang-up job for us. They capture the forensics ...
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Watch the monitor of a remote computer without being noticed [closed]
Do you have any suggestions on a software that monitors the monitor of a remote PC without the user of the PC noticing? Don't ask me why we are monitoring or if it is legal. We have already been ...
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connect remotely to apache2 on ubuntu 10.04
I've apache2 server installed on a machine that connected to two different networks, therefore it has two different addresses: 192.168.1.111 (static ip on ethernet network) and 109.253.78.211.
when ...
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What is the recommended way to permanently connect two remote linux based environments together?
We have a linux based environment hosted remotely and a few spare machines in the office. I'd like to use those machines as workers for the remotely hosted application though they would need permanent ...
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What is my BaseDN supposed to be with the following configuration of OpenLDAP?
I have the following in my OpenLDAP configuration. Using the latest version OpenLDAP on Centos 5.3. Installed using yum.
From my /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
database bdb
suffix "dc=...
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Can connect through Watchguard mobile VPN, but can't ping or access network drives
We're having any issue in which some of our employess can no longer connect to our network drives when out of the office. We use Watchguard Mobile VPN (we have a Watchguard Firebox firewall) and the ...
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Best practices for remote GUI access to ubuntu server
I would like to get an overview of available solutions for having a remote GUI access to ubuntu server:
-do you recommend installing a basic GUI then administrating over VNC?
-is X11 forwarding a good ...
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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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Exchange 2010 remote access
Does anyone know how to configure more addresses for remote access to Outlook on our SBS 2008? Currently you can go to either 'https://remote.site.co.uk/remote' to acces the remote web workspace or '...
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Windows - How to remotely watch log files
I would like to look at some log files solely via the console on a standard Windows 7 machine. The logs are created by schedulded tasks and I find it a hazzle to use VNC for this purpose.
What ...
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Use Windows Software with the least amount of Windows OS licenses [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can you help me with my software licensing question?
So as we slowly move towards web applications my company still has some legacy Windows applications we need to support - ...
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Port Forwarding between two CentOS servers
I have two servers (Both running CentOS 5.5 64-Bit)
One server is connected to a public network and has a public IP address which I can use to SSH into it remotely. The other server is connected to ...
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dead man's switch for remote networking interventions on Linux
As I'm going to change the network configuration of a remote server, I was thinking of some security mechanisms to protect me from accidentally losing control on the server.
The level-0 protection I'...
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Automatically forward a remote desktop connection to a new remote desktop connection?
Is there any way to automatically redirect users which connect to a SBS 2008 to another server using same credentials?
For example, I’ve two servers: mainserver and applicationserver. There is not ...
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Ssh and other services over openvpn are slow
I use openvpn to access my workplace network. When I ssh into a server(Ubuntu) over openvpn, as I type into the shell prompt the characters and letters appear slowly. So I should wait a little to see ...
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Boot a Dell Server with no Monitor
I have a few new dell r210s with windows 2008 server installed on them but I accidentally brought a DVI cable instead of a vga cable for the monitor. Is there anyway to remote into them without a DRAC ...
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