[olug] rdesktop won't complete login

Dave Thacker dthacker9 at cox.net
Wed Feb 15 02:51:52 UTC 2006


On Tuesday 14 February 2006 14:03, Mike Hostetler wrote:
> Thanks for the responses!
Sorry for the blank email.  This may sound silly, but I have cured this with a 
reboot of the linux machine.  So if you haven't already.....
DT
>
> == Daniel asked
>
> >Have you tried using a sniffer (ethereal) on your Linux firewall to see
> >what traffic to/from your two machines is getting blocked? That
> >might tell you what additional ports it wants open (if that is the
> >problem).
>
> I think I'm getting out of the box just fine.  I see the network
> login, including a drop-down for choosing my Windows domain. I don't
> think rdesktop would magically know that.
>
> == Rob said
>
> >I have not tried rdesktop with XP PRO, but XP is much more particular
> >about having port 3389 and nothing else.  Redirecting 3389 on a TS box
> >is very common.
>
> I'm using XP Pro.
>
> I should state that this used to work and now it magically doesn't.
> No idea why not.
>
> Could there be some sort of security thing trying to figure out what
> my Linux machine is?  That's my only theory . . .
>
>
> --
> Mike Hostetler
> http://mike.hostetlerhome.com/
> _______________________________________________
> OLUG mailing list
> OLUG at olug.org
> http://lists.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug



More information about the OLUG mailing list