Thanks Josh, The automation of the RDP session is something I will work on in the future, as of now I'm trying to get the VMs working with a Windows Domain and how different computer names are set so there are no conflicts? Is anyone joining their VMs to a domain?
David DeMizio *Academic Systems Coordinator* Office of Information Technology New College of Florida Phone: 941-487-4222 | Fax: 941-487-4356 www.ncf.edu On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Josh Thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > David, > > For LDAP authenticated accounts, VCL does not store the user's password. > This > is by design for privacy and security reasons. > > An option I have heard about is to write a small windows utility > application > that either handles .rdp files or rdp:// URLs. The utility is then > installed > and registered to handle the desired type. When a user then clicks the Get > RDP File button, the utility reads the (VCL generated) password from the > data, > stores it in the windows credential store, and runs Remote Desktop > Connection, > which can then get the credentials from the store and automatically log the > user in to the session. If the utility is written to handle rdp:// URLs, > then > the VCL code would need to be modified to deliver something like > "rdp://username@password:hostname?extra=parametersHere" when the Get RDP > File > button is clicked. > > I'm not a windows coder. So, writing one of these utilities is not > something > I've tried to do. > > Josh > > On Monday, December 02, 2013 8:19:52 AM David DeMizio wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm curious if anyone is joining the provisioned VMs(reservations) as > part > > of their Windows Domain and if so, how are computer names being handled? > > At the moment, our Windows image has the same host name which would > present > > a problem if the reservations were allowed to join a Domain. Also, if it > is > > possible, is it also possible to just pass the user name and password to > > the RDP session from the ldap login that the user logged in with? Thank > You > - -- > - ------------------------------- > Josh Thompson > VCL Developer > North Carolina State University > > my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu > > All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which > are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public > Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAlKc01MACgkQV/LQcNdtPQO9/QCdGMeQOraMseA0FUkzQRkJYjyv > h/QAni0bUZMubJXDUCu9cXHva//BPLnk > =RxdI > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
