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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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MySQL 5.7 bind-address doesn't work

I have always successfully set up a remote connection for MySQL 5.5. Today I installed a new server with Ubuntu 16.04 and MySQL 5.7. But for some reasons, I can't make this MySQL installation listen to other hosts but 127.0.0.1. Here is my…
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Enabling Powershell Remoting, Access is denied?

I am trying to enable Powershell remoting on a Windows 2008 R2 Server, running in workgroup mode. I ran the command Enable-PSRemoting in the PowerShell Console. PS C:\Windows\system32> Enable-PSRemoting WinRM Quick Configuration Running command…
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IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 x64 Ultimate is missing the Management Service icon

IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 x64 Ultimate is missing the Management Service icon which is present in IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2. Is it possible to enable it, or is it possible to access the Management Service configuration panel in another way? Edit…
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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 response times are really long. This in particular is the case when opening a web page in a browser. I've tried IE, Firefox and…
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How to persist credentials in a remote Powershell session?

I have an Azure File Share and would like to use this from my Azure VMs - after persisting the credentials on the VMs with cmdkey and mounting with net use. This was tested by running these commands in a local Powershell session on Windows Server…
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Remote restart into safe mode? (windows)

I know you can remotely shutdown a Windows machine with the "shutdown" command line. But I think it's impossible to remotely get a machine into safe mode (with networking). Does anyone know of a way to do this?
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How to connect to a linux machine that changes IP regularly?

My problem is finding a way to SSH into a Linux server (Ubuntu 18.04) whose IP address changes daily. I have a client who I occasionally help with admin tasks. I need to ssh into the machine when they need help, but they don't have a static IP, so…
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Restarting an IBM BMC without restarting the server itself

I have a few servers with IBM BMC (Baseboard Management Controller). I'd like to power cycle the BMC without restarting the server. Is this possible? How? Note: On one of them, the web interface is down; so I'd need to either do this by physically…
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Clusterssh alternative for managing multiple SSH server

Is there any alternative to Clusterssh, pssh etc, to manage multiple ssh based servers through one interface? One weakness in Clusterssh is that my servers use key based authentication, with passhprase to login, and there is no way to login to…
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Does Supermicro IPMI require OnBoard video to be enabled?

Title pretty much says it all. I am using a supermicro board with integrated IPMI support. When I connect remotely I can take control of the mouse and keyboard but the video is totally black (no error displayed). Onboard video is turned off (jumper…
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How do you remotely administer your Linux boxes?

NOTE: I asked this question this morning with respect to EC2 boxes, but only got back links to tools to start and stop instances, so I'll rephrase... I have a few Linux boxes that do nightly processing jobs for one of my projects. From time to time,…
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Windows Remote Management Over Untrusted Domains

I am currently trying to enable Windows Remote Management (specifically, Powershell Remoting) between 2 untrusted domains, and having no luck. A brief description of my setup: domain1 - my workstation is on this domain domain2 - the server I wish…
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What are the iDRAC 7 default settings?

My company has purchased a server in one of our foreign offices. As this office is very far away, management has asked me to set it up remotely, to save on travel costs. The server (a PowerEdge T320) has a DRAC 7 enterprise, ordered at the same time…
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How to dispatch a command from Windows to Windows

How do I script remote commands on other Windows computers from a Windows computer? E.g., on *nix-*nix networks, I can do ssh wu@otherbox foo, and provided the keys are set up correctly, foo runs and the ssh client returns the return code.
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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 Configuration" I opened up the "Properties" of…
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