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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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Powershell Get-Process : Couldn't connect to remote machine

Been struggling with this for a couple days now. I'm getting the following error: PS C:\> get-process -ComputerName Win2012r2 get-process : Couldn't connect to remote machine. At line:1 char:1 + get-process -ComputerName 10.10.1.54 +…
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How to remote a single application, rather than the entire desktop

I would like to run an application on one Windows machine (2008 server preferably, but any platform is okay) and display the UI on another Windows workstation. I'm not sure what blend of technologies I need to do this. I've looked at MS Application…
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Use local tools to monitor remote logs

I don't have root access on my hosted web server, but I would like to use tools like MultiTail to monitor log files that are generated on my web host. Is there a way I can pipe the log output on my remote host ( I have ssh access ), to my locally…
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GotoMyPC ? Concerns or OK?

A few users have taken it upon themselves to install this software on there work computers and use iphones/ipads to connect. Current setup is anyconnect / ciscovpn to connect and use remote desktop to work from home. The cisco web portal also has…
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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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Test for Localhost in Powershell?

I have a powershell script that calls Get-WmiObject with -Credential. However, this errors out if I am running it against the local machine: Get-WmiObject : User credentials cannot be used for local connections What is the proper way to add an if…
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How to shut down Windows Server 2003 without using RDP?

I'd like to know if it is possible to shut down a Windows Server 2003 box, without have to log into the machine via remote desktop. The server is on my network, I know the IP address and host name, as well the Administrator password. I want to…
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Remote MySQL connection fails (10060)

When I am trying to connect to a MySQL database from a remote computer I get a prompt saying: Connection Failed: [HY000] [MySQL][ODBC 5.1 Driver]Can't Connect to MySQL server on 'XXX.XXX.XX.XX' (10060) I have created a user account in the MySQL…
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Automatically reconfigure WinRM HTTPS listener with new certificate?

I am looking to enable WinRM HTTPS listeners on all of our servers for secure communication when using CredSSP between servers to get around the double-hop issue. Setting this up is fine, we have CN-appropriate certificates from an internal CA so…
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How do I remotely install, configure and maintain SNMP?

I'm looking to remotely install the SNMP and SNMP WMI Provider services on Windows Server 2008 R2, configure specific options for the Agent, Traps, and Security tabs, then make sure these services and settings aren't removed or turned off. This goal…
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Ansible : using different sudo user for different hosts

Recently started using ansible. We have servers where the application is setup under different users, like in server xyz.com, unix user is xyz_user and so on. So in case of xyz.com, ansible xyz.com -a 'command' -u xyz_user -K How can we set the…
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How to rejoin domain when trust relationship is lost

I have a number of virtual machines which have snapshots applied by using a PowerShell script. Occasionally, the virtual machines lose their "trust relationship" with the domain. This breaks the script as I can no longer use PowerShell remoting to…
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How do I run commands on a remote machine with admin privilege using powershell

How do I run commands on a remote machine with admin privilege (example: running as Run as Administrator) using PowerShell. So far I have tried start-process powershell.exe -verb runas -argumentlists ".\test.ps1" This is failing.
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VNC faster than Spice for remote access to KVM guest?

Having used RDP before, I'm not exactly thrilled with the performance I am seeing from VNC to my KVM virtual machines. The KVM host is Ubuntu 12.04 server x64. I've read that Spice is faster, and so after considerable bumbling around, I got it to…
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Hyper V Server 2012 Remote Management Using Workgroup

I'm trying to remotely manage Hyper V server 2012 from a windows 8 pc, both client and server are on a workgroup. I've spent about 3-4 hours trying to get this working with no luck so far trying the following: Creating a new administrator on the…
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