[TriLUG] Remote Desktop Woes

[Matt Flyer via TriLUG]

(resend to the list - accidentally sent to Mauricio)

> I take that ssh'ing into machine and then running vnc inside that tunnel
> is
> not an option, right?
>
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 12:10 PM, Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG
> <trilug at trilug.org
>> wrote:
>
>> remmina uses FreeRDP as the backend.  You could try running xfreerdp
>> from
>> the command line to figure out more because remmina does not support all
>> of
>> the options the xfreerdp command does,
>>
>> For my work I had to do this.  I needed to compile the master branch
>> from
>> git and run from the commandline to negotiate a the tls gateway in.
>> Actually now a days I have a python script I use for this that prompts
>> for
>> my password and then builds the command line for me to run.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Matt Flyer via TriLUG
>> <trilug at trilug.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Considering the recent weather event, I decided that today would be a
>> good
>> > day to try to work remotely.  For the last several hours, I have been
>> > attempting to establish a remote desktop session and have been running
>> > into a real head scratcher.
>> >
>> > The linux box that I want to remote into is running Centos 7 and is
>> > integrated into (joined) an Active Directory domain. It successfully
>> > performs AD authentication and when I am at my workstation on the LAN
>> > running Ubuntu, Remmina will establish a remote desktop connection
>> just
>> > fine.
>> >
>> > Working remotely from home, I am connected via the VPN. I can "hit"
>> the
>> > machine on the network, but I can't seem to get a remote desktop
>> > connection directly to it.
>> >
>> > What DOES work is that I am able to establish a remote desktop
>> connection
>> > to one of the Windows servers and from there use the (windows) Remote
>> > Desktop Client to pull up the Centos 7 desktop and authenticate using
>> my
>> > AD credentials just fine.  I just can't go directly from the Linux box
>> > over the VPN.
>> >
>> > I have tried KRDC, Remmina, and Vinagre, all of which simply fail with
>> a
>> > generic error message; except KRDC first asks for a user and then a
>> > password, but it always fails (the password is correct).
>> >
>> > I am not sure how to even troubleshoot or log the issue.  All I get is
>> a
>> > "that did not work" message, which is very windows-esque.
>> >
>> > Any thoughts or suggestions?
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