Difference between revisions of "Enabling Remote Desktop Connections"

From WPKG | Open Source Software Deployment and Distribution
Jump to: navigation, search
m
Line 19: Line 19:
  
 
This will allow you to log on as Administrator (either domain or local) using Terminal Sessions.
 
This will allow you to log on as Administrator (either domain or local) using Terminal Sessions.
 +
 +
----
 +
 +
A more complex scenario exists if the Terminal Service itself had been disabled; in which case the following is a more suitable.
 +
 +
<package id="rdp" name="Remote Desktop" revision="3" reboot="true" priority="5">
 +
<check type="logical" condition="or">
 +
    <check type="registry" condition="equals" path="HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\fDenyTSConnections" value="0" />
 +
<check type="registry" condition="equals" path="HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TermService\Start" value="2" />
 +
</check>
 +
    <install cmd='reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f' />
 +
    <install cmd='sc config termservice start= auto' />
 +
    <upgrade cmd='reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f' />
 +
<upgrade cmd='sc config termservice start= auto' />
 +
    <remove cmd='reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f' />
 +
<remove cmd='sc config termservice start= disabled' />
 +
</package>
  
 
----
 
----

Revision as of 21:56, 4 April 2008

In XP, you have Remote Desktop Connection / Terminal Sessions, disabled by default.

You can enable them with a simple registry edit.

The XML for WPKG will look like this:

<package
     id="remotedesktop"
     name="Remote Desktop"
     revision="1"
     reboot="false"
     priority="0">
     <check type="registry" condition="equals" path="HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\fDenyTSConnections" value="0" />
     <install cmd='reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"' />
     <upgrade cmd='reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"' />
     <remove cmd='reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f"' />
</package>

This will allow you to log on as Administrator (either domain or local) using Terminal Sessions.


A more complex scenario exists if the Terminal Service itself had been disabled; in which case the following is a more suitable.

<package id="rdp" name="Remote Desktop" revision="3" reboot="true" priority="5"> <check type="logical" condition="or">

   <check type="registry" condition="equals" path="HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\fDenyTSConnections" value="0" />

<check type="registry" condition="equals" path="HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TermService\Start" value="2" /> </check>

   <install cmd='reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f' />
   <install cmd='sc config termservice start= auto' />
   <upgrade cmd='reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f' />

<upgrade cmd='sc config termservice start= auto' />

   <remove cmd='reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f' />

<remove cmd='sc config termservice start= disabled' /> </package>


Question: how to enable Terminal Sessions for other, non-Administrator users?