[Samba] enabling remote desktop

[Andrew Gaffney]

I have found a bit easier way to do this. Create a file called rdesktop.reg (or whatever 
you feel like calling it):


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server]
"fDenyTSConnections"=dword:00000000


Then, in your netlogon script, add the line:


regedit /s \\where\the\reg\file\is\rdesktop.reg


Voila, the next time that a user logs in on that XP workstation, Remote Desktop Sharing 
will magically be enabled. Behold the power of Google!

James Harper wrote:
> Me too!!!
> 
> I've never done this before, but this might be worth a try if nothing
> else works:
> 
> 1. run gpedit.msc on an xp machine and find the policy you want to
> enable.
> 2. search for that policy in the .adm files (c:\windows\inf\*.adm) to
> find out the registry setting that should be set. They are just text
> files.
> 3. get a machine with the policy set how you want it and export that
> registry entry to a file in your netlogon share
> 4. in your startup script, import that file into the registry. Not sure
> how to do that 'silently' but there is probably a way.
> 5. enjoy
> 
> There may be a problem with persistence though, something else may
> override your registry entries. If this is true and you also have to
> reboot for the registry entries to take effect, then it won't work.
> 
> If you find a better way then please share it as I'd like a tidy
> solution too.
> 
> Hth.
> 
> James
> 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: samba-bounces+jamesh=sbss.com.au at lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-
>>bounces+jamesh=sbss.com.au at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Andrew
> 
> Gaffney
> 
>>Sent: Friday, 19 December 2003 13:36
>>To: samba at lists.samba.org
>>Subject: [Samba] enabling remote desktop
>>
>>Is there a way to automatically enable Remote Desktop from a NETLOGON
>>script? I want to
>>enable Remote Desktop on *a lot* of machines, but I don't want to do
> 
> it
> 
>>manually.
>>
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Andrew Gaffney