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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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How can I run a PowerShell function remotely?

Using powershell, I plan to run many functions on a remote host to gather information. Here is an example to retrieve the content of file remotely just by running a function called getcontentfile with the parameter as the name of the remote…
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Use PerfMon to connect to a Remote Computer

I want to use PerfMon to connect to a Remote Computer. What ports do I need to have open in my Firewall to be able to connect?
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Upgrading multiple Debian servers at once

I'm currently working at a SaaS company, and at the moment we have multiple Debian servers running in our data centre to support our application. In the past, when a security update was released, we were able to log into each machine and manually…
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Reaching a Linux server with a private IP without VPN

I'm working on a network where I can't obtain a public IP address or set up VPN access. Is there a way that I can communicate with a local server remotely by using an intermediary in the cloud that both local server and remote client make an…
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Linux: Print all messages to primary console *and* secondary console (monitor/KVM)?

I run Linux (Red Hat-based, CentOS, SL, versions 5 & 6) on a variety of Supermicro and other whitebox servers. Some have IPMI, some do not. Some of these systems are attached to a Keyboard/monitor (KVM) console switch. Other systems are attached to…
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Best practices for remote GUI access to ubuntu server

I would like to get an overview of available solutions for having a remote GUI access to ubuntu server: -do you recommend installing a basic GUI then administrating over VNC? -is X11 forwarding a good option? ... I know there are similar questions…
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What is the best way to secure remote server/tool access from many locations?

I have a number of remote servers I lock down by restricting SSH to specific IPs. Equally, our internal customer admin tools are also locked down by IP. This is fine when working from the office but if I am at a different location (perhaps on public…
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I need to read a remote file with logs from a remote host via SSH

I need to read a remote file with logs from a remote host via SSH What is the most convenient way to do it if I have ssh access to the log folder ?
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X11 forwarding from OSX to Linux

I've done some searching and found that it seems to be possible to forward X11 apps to a mac machine over ssh (i.e. ssh-ing into a linux box and launching an X11 app and having it show up on the mac's display). What I'm wondering is if this can be…
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Remote *background* GUI login to OSX workstation?

I'm wanting to be able to login in to the OS X GUI remotely, in the background, i.e. without interrupting anyone that is currently sitting in front of the machine. Apple Remote Desktop or VNC don't cut it -- they only permit management of the…
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RDP session fails for "Unknown extended disconnection reason 4399"

I am trying to log into a jumphost using Remote Desktop Connection Manager v2.7. Normally I have no issue. Today I got this error code: Disconnected from xxx.xxx.xxx-xxx.edu [Unknown extended disconnection reason 4399] a search revealed this…
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How do you manage servers in a different town

We have servers in two different locations in our town. We connect to them through ssh to do almost everything that we need. But whenever we need to re install a server, we need to drive to the hosting location to do it. This works well for now,…
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"The logon attempt failed" for TS (RD) Gateway Authentication

I've been using TS Gateway to permit remote access for our staff for a few months now, and all has been well. Users either connect to a traditional terminal server desktop or hit our website and start an TS RemoteApp application- in both cases the…
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Seamless Remote Desktop Connection

My employer provides us with the ability to work from home using the Citrix MetaFrame remote desktop software. For the most part, I have no complaints; however, I was wondering if anyone knew if it is possible to do seamless remote desktop…
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Powershell remoting suddenly stops working

I'm having trouble executing a remote powershell script which is supposed to update the installation of an application for automated testing in a taskmanager task running once a day. The rather simple script (details below) used to run successfully…
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