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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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Printer issues using Citrix?

We have remote users using Citrix using CRM 4.0 for Outlook 2003. The CRM 4.0 Application is customized and connects to a sharepoint document library. When the user tries to print from the document library within CRM 4.0 the pages come out black. …
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Group Policy to ensure psexec, remote WMI, and remote registry works

I have been searching the Internet for the past week for the answer to my question, but couldn't find any conclusive answer, so I ask here. Based on your experience and/or knowledge, what policies could/should be enforced through Group Policy to…
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Manage remote linux machines

My start up is building a computer which runs debian linux and some custom programs. What is the best way to remotely access the machines without the user having to do anything? Our product is currently in an early stage where the update process is…
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Remote reinstallation of Scientific Linux

I am trying to have a server used for a test platform configured such that it can be easily rebooted and reinstalled with our test OS, so that we can consistently get a clean environment to work with. I have an iso file which contains the image, but…
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Is there any way to run linux non locally for a big group of people?

we want to use a custom linux distro over the internet with Gui for some simple tasks (mainly writing running simple python programs) and not something very computationally intensive. At its peak the system could be used from 150 people max. Is…
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Configure Web app for external access (IIS7), allowing only certain users via AD group. All users need internal access

We have a Web app running in IIS7 (Server 2008 R2). I now need to allow external access with an SSL certificate, so certain users (e.g. the owner of the company) can use it remotely without VPN. They want to roll out the external access only to…
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Is OpenVPN right for this? If not, what is?

I have a server sitting in a data center. It's running Linux. WAN interface on eth0 connected to the public Internet; LAN interface on eth1 connected to the data center's network on 10.0.0.0. The machine is running a group of services on ports n,…
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Remotely connect to isolated network

i have a network which is isolated from the Internet and I need to remotely connect to it from time to time for maintentance purposes. Please note that i do not need to connect to a specific computer on this network, but i need to be able to connect…
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How to find out if my Dell R210 server has iDRAC with shared network connection or dedicated?

My server is Dell R210 and it is colocated. I need to find out whether the iDRAC BMC on this particular box has dedicated ethernet connector or is it shared. Also - do I always need separate IP address to be able to remotely power off the box using…
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What is your method to deal with vpn access for contractors/non-employees

I am looking to see how others deal with contractors/non-employee vpn access. How do you provision/deactivate their accounts? Are they in your AD or are they in another account silo? How do you restrict them so they only have access to what…
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Running Linux Script from Windows in backgound

I'm using following script from my windows machine to run on linux and do backup. @ECHO off :: run remote command plink.exe username@myserver /home/username/do-backup.sh Problem with this script is that, i have to keep my session live. as backup…
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Remote Access from Windows to Ubuntu Server with mstsc.exe easy-going?

I installed for testing win server 2008 and its really easy to get remote access. Just enable RA with one click and then im able to get access with my win 7 with mstsc.exe - IF I would install a linux server, lets say ubuntu server because I heard…
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Remotely Shut down Hyper V server from Bat file (UPS shutdown)

I have set up an APC UPS on our 2003 Small Business Server with an APC SmartUPS connected to it via the USB port. I have set up PowerChute on the server with the following settings: After 1 minute with no power run command file, after 2 mins start…
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Importance of vi/vim for sysadmin

I am currently using TextMate as a text editor. How important is it to learn something like vi if I am to do more sysadmin related stuff, mostly involving ssh?
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Powershell authentication over VLAN

Problem I'd like to enable remote powershell scripting for all workstation hosts on a VLAN. There's no Active Directory or Directory services whatsoever. So HOST A on subnet 192.168.1.x would like to query HOST B 192.168.2.x. I've already…
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