Re: saving password in rdp file

Hi Vera,
Yes there are different O/S's and different versions of the rdp client in
use. I'm not sure how to tell the versions of the rdp client software. The
only O/S that I have to load the client rdp software is on my Win2k boxes,
WinXP is built in. The O/S's are WinXP and Win2k but all the clients are
able to set/save the password. The client computer remains the same, they
don't try to use the .rdp file from a different computer. It makes sense to
me that someone wouldn't be able to fire up the .rdp file from another
computer. But nothing here is changing on the client side. It just simply
works for a while and then stops working.
It's difficult to troubleshoot as well since I can not reproduce the
problem. I just have to wait until it decides to loose the password because
I can't figure out what would be doing that. Could it have anything to do
with group policies on the domain? I am not a domain admin. I simply work
in a small group with a Win2003 server and workstations that are all on the
larger novell/windows network.
"Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This behaviour (password works only on same client) is by design.
For security reasons, the password is encrypted in such a way that
only the same user on the same client can decrypt and use it.

But that doesn't explain your main problem, that the password in
the rdp file works for a couple of weeks and then suddenly stops
working.
The user account is the same, I assume?

Not all versions of the rdp client can save passwords at all. Are
your users using different versions of the rdp client, on different
client OS versions? I haven't tested it, but maybe their password
gets lost when they use an older version on some machines?
_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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"Greg Hubers" <greg.hubers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 20 nov 2006 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

The same type of problem occurs if I copied the .RDP file to
another computer. The password is no longer saved. That is why
I created the .RDP file from the client computers. But the
password only works for a few weeks at most. So it seems like
the .RDP file is not recognizing the client for some reason
after a certain amount of time. I'm not heavily into how the
security works for the whole thing...

"Greg Hubers" <greg.hubers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Vera,
Thanks for the post. Actually this has nothing to do with
changed passwords as far as I can tell. I create an RDP file
from the client machine using a user name and password that are
local to the Win2003 box and save it with the password saved.
The domain selected is the name of the local TS box. It works
great for a few weeks and then out of the blue it stops working
and the RDP file no longer contains the password and the save
password box is unchecked. I have tried changing the network
passwords (novell and windows) with no effect on the RDP file
working. It still works fine. I can not figure out why the
password dissapears. The happens with every client O/S and ts
client software that I have tried. The RDP file simply will not
hold the password in it for some reason. To be honest it's a
real drag, because now I have to give all users and
administrative account with a password. So much for trying to
be secure with a microsoft product :(


"Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message
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This will always happen when users change their password,
because the rdp file still contains the old password.
So after a password change the login box will show up, and
users will have to type in the new password and then save the
new settings, overwriting the old rdp file.
_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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"Greg Hubers" <greg.hubers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 18 nov 2006
in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

Oh btw, I forgot to mention...
The clients and the Windows 2003 server box all have a novell
client running.

"Greg Hubers" <greg.hubers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Windows 2003 TS sessions:
When I create an RDP file and have the save password box
checked it works fine for a while but every few weeks it
looses the password and prompts the user to login. I have
been unable to reproduce anything that causes this problem
so I'm not sure what is causing it. I have even tried
making the RDP files read only. I need to have the clients
have their own profiles/user directories but do not want to
have them log in with a user id and password. I want this
to happen automatically via RDP file. Any idea what is
causing the RDP files to lose the password?
The clients are using Win2000 Pro and WinXP Pro.


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