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Remote Desktop to W10 with NTLM Disabled

We recently disable NTLM on our DCs (Default Domain Controllers Policy - Restrict NTLM: Deny all The problem is when some (not all) Windows 10 workgroup clients (connected with VPN) try to open a ...
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Blank screen while working remotely

So, I have this remote ubuntu 18.04 machine that runs graphical application and needs updates or other attention sometimes. Since its in public place, I would like to somehow show overlay like "...
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how to fix: WinRM connection refused

If I run test-wsman SomeRemoteHost (or any PS remote command) with credential, I get "The connection to the specified remote host was refused. Verify that the WS-Management service is running on the ...
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GCE won’t allow me to connect

When I attempt to remote into my server through Windows Remote Desktop I get an error and it won’t allow me to establish connection to my server.
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How to ssh into system connected to same network switch?

I have a few systems which are connected to the same network switch. All of them are running linux / Ubuntu 18. I want to remotely access one machine to another through ssh. That is, if I'm ...
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Is it possible to create a Windows 10 user profile for a remote user without using their credentials?

We have remote employees where their laptop has died and they need a replacement. In order to prepare a laptop to ship to them, we currently ask them for their username and password (ouch) so that we ...
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MDT new computer imaging over Internet

Since everyone and their kinfolk are working from home these days, our IT department is looking for a solution for imaging new computers away from the office. We're using MDT to push out the images ...
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remote desktop licensing service on windows server 2016 keeps crashing

I have 3 standalone licensing servers in my environment, no RDS deployment. All three of them are Windows 2016. On all of them, the Remote Desktop Licensing service keeps crashing since 2 weeks or ...
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Connecting to a colleagues computer over VPN when both of us are working remotely [duplicate]

I'm looking for some guidance on connecting to a colleagues computer to offer technical assistance when we are both out of the office and working remotely. We have a Unity Security Gateway with a VPN ...
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Users cannot log into VM server that is joined to a DC

I've been having a problem recently where i have a VM machine that is running windows server 2012 which is connected to a DC running the same OS, on the DC i have ADUC running with all of my users ...
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Can not connect to Mysql remotely through a ngrok tunnel

I am tunneling my 3306 port through ngrok using, ngrok tcp 3306 And trying to connect using the provided address, 0.tcp.ngrok.io:17547 Connecting to mysql mysql -h 0.tcp.ngrok.io --...
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Your computer can't connect to the Remote Desktop Gateway server. Contact your network administrator for assistance

I'm experiencing weird failure when trying to connect the remote gateway server. The server is 2016 version. And all the other clients have no issue. But the clients from one company are weird. If ...
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Unable to execute remote bash scripts in cloudformation userdata

I am having an issue executing bash scripts in cloudformation userdata. I can see the curl request to the remote script is made but the contents of the remote script is not executed. I can execute the ...
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redis instance restore using dump.rdb is not working

I have redis instance with 10 keys in qa env. the instance is configured to use dump.rdb in /tmp directory . I ran "save" command and saw new dump.rdb file that was created . then I created new ...
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Remote network monitoring when all comms fail

We had a circuit trip last night (Sunday evening 22:00) which killed all external COMMs ... so the alerting on our servers, inside the building, could not communicate out. Is there a solution to this? ...
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omiagent does not exit on sles 12

We use powershell scripts on some sles 12 vms for testing purposes. The scripts are automatically started from a windows server. Now I see that every call of a single script starts a new instance of ...
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Secure remote access to an “air-gapped” system (Windows) [closed]

Question: Are there secure software solutions or approaches to provide remote access to systems that customers are really worried about being hacked? I did quite a bit of googling but I am probably ...
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Access Denied when using a remote machine local user account

As a team . we need to drop files into a specific folder on another machine , a server, on same network & domain to perform some automation work Created a local user with admin access on ...
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Exchange installation through Powershell remoting

I am trying to install Exchange Cu 14 from Server A to Server B through Powershell remote and Invoke-command. The installation completes successfully when running locally on Server B as the same ...
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Remote Desktop Windows 10 over OpenVpn network

I have an OpenVpn Access server(V2.7.4) being hosted on a VPS. My goal is to remote desktop into to another client connected to the VPN server sitting in another city (both running Win10 pro). My ...
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Remote power shell through load balancer

I want to connect to exchange server via remote Powershell. When I connect directly with server URL I am able to create the session. But in the production I have many instances of exchange server, So ...
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Preventing RDP from logging off administrator

I have two users on my WindowsServer2016, one is Administrator, and the other is UserRDP. I want remote users to access via RDP to UserRDP but not to Administrator, and I have already done this using ...
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Running a NodeJS App 24x7

I have a nodejs webapp that connects as a client to a websocket and sends me push notifications whenever certain events occur. It also has functionality to send requests to a REST API based on ...
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Remote Console Redirection Not Working - ASMB8-iKVM

Motherboard: ASUS Z10PE-D16/4L Latest BIOS and BMC Firmware installed I can browse to the management page and have full functionality with no problem. The "snapshot" that should show the current ...
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SQL Server 2016 remote access denied

I have two VM with an SQL server on each and I need to connect to both SQL servers from each machine, either from SSMS and with PowerShell script. Also, today I don't manage to do that I'm always ...
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Is there a way to preload PSEXESVC on target computer?

On my network, running PSEXEC is awfully long. It only is on the "Starting PSEXESVC service on target..." line. It takes approx. 20 sec. to complete this part. Log-in is instant, and command execution ...
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How to create an alias that uses a value and grep on a remote server?

I need help, I can't create an alias with a variable to grep a file on a remote server. I have tried: alias searchword="ssh -t user@server "grep -i \"$1\" /root/file.txt\"" alias search="ssh -t ...
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Change a password screen script

I am currently trying to make a script that calls the "Change a password" screen without hitting Ctrl+Alt+Delete/End. The problem is we have people in the field using all different keyboard layouts ...
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What is the best way to reset a set of Windows 10 laptops to a default state remotely?

I have about 23 Windows 10 laptops (currently @ 1803) which are used by students for training courses that run for several weeks. I've found that students leave lots of files behind when the course ...
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Storing and passing credentials to a remote system securely for service install during software deployment with COTS

Some background: There is an array of Windows Server PCs being managed with Manage Engine Desktop Central There are software installers and scripts that require account credentials to install some ...
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Enable Remote Desktop Connection on SBS 2011 without need for VPN

I would like to be able to establish a connection from my home PC to my work PC through a Windows Remote Desktop Connection. The server is running on Windows Small Business Server 2011. A VPN has ...
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Send rpm to multiple systems, remotely execute rpm install and repeat

Fairly long time reader, first time poster. I am not a scripter (yet) but I understand/know some basics. Not all the basics, but some. I've been doing lots of searching but have not found my ...
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Remote system over satellite link

I have a remote system that is only accessible by satellite link. Latency is on the order of 2000ms and the upload bandwidth is in bps. I'm having trouble understanding how to administrate the system. ...
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redirect tail output to a remote serever

I want to tail -f a local file, for example app1.log, and send its output to a file on a remote server. tail -f app1.log >> <remote server>:/home/remote.log Is this doable?
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Powershell - Cannot remote install software (Cyberduck)

On the remote machine, I copied the .exe file (from my source machine using Copy-Item command) to the temp folder first which was successful. After that, I ran the following Powershell script on my ...
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using named-pipes to control a remote ssh session in BASH

My question is mostly based on this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22479631/pipe-timely-commands-to-ssh?rq=1 I am following above question and I am able to connect to a server, like this: ...
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Change account password remotely via Plink

Here's my current predicament: I need to change the password to a user account on 2000 devices running Ubuntu 16.04. I want to do this remotely via Plink rather than SSH. On all these appliances, the ...
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Any way to set password on BIOS remotely on Ubuntu 14.04?

I maintain many specific-use devices that have Ubuntu 14.04 OS installed on them. There is an ongoing effort on our end to harden the security on these devices. One of the required steps is setting ...
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How do i run an interactive python script 24/7 on a windows server?

The script needs to be started manually from a virtual desktop connection and then let it work 24/7. The problem is that when i close the remote desktop connection the script stops. As long as my ...
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Windows 10 remote administration stopping

I have a windows 10 machine with remote administration enabled in my office. I used to connect to it for quite a while, and suddenly somewhere last summer it began to behave oddly. I can access the ...
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How to install a .msi installer on remote windows machines without any prerequisites?

I want to install a .msi installer (which is on my local computer and I can put it on a shared drive or local web server for direct download) on about 200 remote windows machines (Windows Server 2008, ...
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Shell script fails due to interactive remote menu

Please help. We are trying to write some automation for several CyberPower PDUs in our datacenter. They are rack mount switched PDUs (PDU41002) and they have the ability to be remotely managed, ...
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nohup multiple sequential commands not logging output

I have a python script (which takes a lot of time to complete the execution) that I need to run several times varying the parameters. And it's executed in a remote machine. For instance and test ...
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Access Denied on SC Start Service

I'm attempting to grant a AD Group the ability to stop/start a service without having to be a local administrator of or having RDP access to the Win Server 2008 machine. The permissions are being set ...
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Properly implement REMOTE_USER-like thing for ssh

I'd like to know how to make the remote user name available in an ssh session on my server. So when joe@host1 logs in as commonuser@server1, the scripts running on server1 running as commonuser will ...
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WIndows 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Services

I've setup a collection of applications and can access them using RD Web Access with no issues, but I need to present these applications on the internet. I've setup RD Gateway and can open a rdp ...
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plink.exe remote port forwarding to local machine for dynamic port forwarding

I have been trying since 2 days to do the following: I have a windows machine, let's call it A, and a Linux machine called B. There is a firewall between A and B. I want to connect remotely from the ...
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Cannot connect to remote MySQL server using name

I have a web server and database server sitting behind a public ip. The webserver is accessible to the public using NAT. A user can create and manage databases from the web server by makeing api calls ...
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remote powershell unrecognized command when calling functions

I have two servers. Server A needs to contact server B and run a specific function withing a powershell function library (just a .ps1 file) that I've created. The function that is being called also ...
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Execute local bash scripts on remote server but needs user input

I am using SSH command to execute the bash scripts remotely: ssh user@server 'bash -s' < $script_dir/script.sh And inside the script.sh, I will have the command like below to add ssh keys: ssh-...

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