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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Is it possible to run a batch script remotely on a Windows machine from Linux without installing ssh?
I am looking for a way in Linux to run a batch script on a remote Windows machine. I already searched some forums and the Internet and found e.g. this question.
It seems that the easiest way so far ...
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Best way to find the computer a user last logged on from?
I am hoping that somewhere in Active Directory the "last logged on from [computer]" is written/stored, or there is a log I can parse out?
The purpose of wanting to know the last PC logged on from is ...
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fsck root filesystem on a remote machine
I have filesystem problems on a machine running Ubuntu 8.04 machine in a colocation facility.
What was once a directory now looks like this:
b--xr-SrwT 52 825452087 876163170 56, 97 2021-10-10 05:43 ...
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Is it possible to run a command on windows server from Linux?
I want to restore a sqlserver db backup on remote windows server from linux. I tired "net rpc" but there is nothing for execute a command or script on remote server.
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How to use psexec without admin privileges on target machine?
Is it possible to use psexec to execute a command on a remote machine without having admin privileges on the remote machine?
I tried running psexec \\<machine> -u <username> -p ...
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remote desktop services, cannot RDP to session host, always get gateway
I have RDS setup as
1 server hosting broker, web access, and gateway
2 servers as session hosts in a farm called farm1.
Remoteapps work fine. So does the RDP app on the in the remoteapp list.
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accessing workgroup computer (without manually creating user accounts)
The (common) question:
How can one access network share on workgroup computer?
usually has the (common) answer:
One should add ("the same") local account with the same username and password on ...
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Remote command-line access to a Windows machine
I normally access my hosted dedicated server, running Windows Server 2k3, via Remote Desktop. However, that service is bizarrely unavailable today and so I urgently need an alternative method for ...
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Which permissions/rights does a user need to have WMI access on remote machines?
I'm writing a monitoring service that uses WMI to get information from remote machines. Having local admin rights on all these machines is not possible for political reasons.
Is this possible? What ...
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RDP Connection to Windows 7 stays really slow
I have an Issue with connecting to Windows 7 via RDP. I can open an RDP Session, but regardless of any settings, the responce times are really long. This in particulary is the case when opening a web ...
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Execute program on remote computer using PowerShell
How can I execute a program on a remote machine using powershell?
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Install .iso file on a remote server without DVD drive access
Is there an easy way to install software located on a .iso file to a remote server which does not provide to me access to the DVD Drive?
I have a license for SQL Server 2008 Web Edition through ...
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Seamless Remote Desktop Connection
My employer provides us with the ability to work from home using the Citrix MetaFrame remote desktop software. For the most part, I have no complaints; however, I was wondering if anyone knew if it is ...
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How do I increase the maximum number of concurrent remote connections in Windows Server 2003?
I am trying to allow more than the default of 2 concurrent remote connections to a server running Windows Server 2003.
Background:
I went to "Start" => "Administration Tools" => "Terminal Services ...
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Is it possible to close remote desktop session on windows remotely?
Time to time I can't login to my Windows Server 2003 because there are to many open sessions. Is it possible to close them remotely(without physical contact in server room)?
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Serial terminal over ethernet
Well, my idea is I would like to have access to grub over Ethernet/Internet, I've found two possible solutions:
Converter RS232 to Ethernet (1) which looks like to have its own live, I mean it is ...
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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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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 ...
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Allow Remote Connections to MySql Database
I have looked at this Post and it details how you can allow a connection from a remote host to the database. But the line that took me off guard was this:
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO ...
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Accessing IP restricted server from dynamic IP
Our servers (all CentOS) are all restricted by IP but often i am out and about and stuck on a dynamic IP address. Using a DynDNS widget I have set this dynamic IP to always sync with a DynDNS hostname ...
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There are currently no logon servers available
I am running a Windows 7 laptop that is joined to my company's domain. When I installed Windows 7, I created an account for myself, joined to the domain, and it had been working quite well even though ...
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How can I create a non-ssh VPN on debian/linux?
I have a set of remote servers, assigned to a small IP address pool. I would like to control access to some services on some servers via ip address, rather than login/password.
However, I would like ...
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How can I use one EXE on Multiple machines?
I have one EXE on my server machine (Windows Server 2003) and now i want users on multiple computers (Windows XP) to create one shortcut on there repective machine and access this EXE.
How can I do ...
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Express accepts only local connections? [closed]
Coming from question SQL Server 2008 connection tagged under sql-server-2008-express
Chris S wrote in SQL Server 2008 R2 vs. SQL Server 2008 R2 Express:
"The biggest different I see others ...
