[Samba] enabling remote desktop

[James Harper]

That is the net result you would have come up with had you followed my
suggestion (after a bit of mucking around :). The relevant policy
description is in c:\windows\inf\system.adm (on my pc at least) and
looks like:

    POLICY      !!TS_DISABLE_CONNECTIONS
    #if version >= 4
    SUPPORTED !!TS_SUPPORTED_WindowsXP
    #endif
    EXPLAIN  !!TS_DISABLE_CONNECTIONS_EXPLAIN 
    ACTIONLISTON
    VALUENAME "fDenyTSConnections"    VALUE NUMERIC 1
    END ACTIONLISTON
    ACTIONLISTOFF
    VALUENAME "fDenyTSConnections"    VALUE NUMERIC 0
    END ACTIONLISTOFF
    END POLICY

But I only found it quickly because of the key in your email, google is
indeed a wonderful tool. Have a look around in the file though and
you'll see some other useful keys you can set.

James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Gaffney [mailto:agaffney at skylineaero.com]
> Sent: Monday, 22 December 2003 17:00
> To: James Harper
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] enabling remote desktop
> 
> 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
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