Frank, Set a password on the user of the windows 10 machine, and also add your user to the remote desktop users group, then try to connect via RDP.
* On the Windows machine, run: compmgmt.msc * Go to: System Tools \ Local Users and Groups \ Users * right click to reset password, and in properties add user to Remote Desktop Users group. # Then try to connect, such as: xfreerdp /v:192.168.1.252 /u:user /p:password12345 /gdi:hw /gfx:rfx /f /sound # To toggle full screen: <left CTRL> + <left Alt> + <enter> V/r, Darren On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 12:30 AM Frank van der Hulst via FreeRDP-devel < freerdp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to get freeRDP working on my home network. It should be easy, I > figure, but I've missed something.... > > I have my main Ubuntu 20.04.1 Linux machine (aka desktop.local) and a Win10 > machine in my garage (aka garage.local), both all patched and up-to-date. > They're connected by a very vanilla Ethernet LAN, with a single > router/switch that also provides a firewall, and that's all good. I can > ping the garage machine, and from the garage I have a Samba connection back > to my desktop. The garage machine is Win10 Pro, and didn't have any user > accounts on it. I turn it on and I login as "User" with no password... > that's how it was when I got it second--hand. I think I must have > registered with Microsoft when I first got it, but don't really recall. > I've installed xfreerdp v2.2.0 on desktop.local, but just can't connect to > garage.local. I think there's perhaps two issues.... one is certificates, > and the other is user authentication. I *have* read the user manual ;), but > it doesn't tell me what I need to do on the Win10 machine. > > I think I've got around the certificate issue by using -cert-ignore. I did > try /cert:tofu but that didn't seem to work. Given where I'm using it, I'm > not really worried about whether I have a cert or not, so long as it works. > > I tried various combinations of /u:user and /p: but that didn't work. I > then set up an account on the Win machine as a "Family and friends/No > Microsoft account" user for myself, but couldn't seem to use that for > xfreerdp. :( > > Below is the xfreerdp output when I try to connect. Can someone please give > me a pointer as to how to proceed? > > Thanks > > Frank > > frank@desktop:~$ xfreerdp /u:frank /p:password /v:garage.local > /cert-ignore > [17:16:29:286] [17408:17409] [INFO][com.freerdp.core] - > freerdp_connect:freerdp_set_last_error_ex resetting error state > [17:16:29:286] [17408:17409] [INFO][com.freerdp.client.common.cmdline] - > loading channelEx rdpdr > [17:16:29:286] [17408:17409] [INFO][com.freerdp.client.common.cmdline] - > loading channelEx rdpsnd > [17:16:29:286] [17408:17409] [INFO][com.freerdp.client.common.cmdline] - > loading channelEx cliprdr > [17:16:29:605] [17408:17409] [INFO][com.freerdp.primitives] - primitives > autodetect, using optimized > [17:16:29:777] [17408:17409] [INFO][com.freerdp.core] - > freerdp_tcp_is_hostname_resolvable:freerdp_set_last_error_ex resetting > error state > [17:16:29:847] [17408:17409] [INFO][com.freerdp.core] - > freerdp_tcp_connect:freerdp_set_last_error_ex resetting error state > [17:16:29:159] [17408:17409] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - BIO_read > returned a system error 104: Connection reset by peer > [17:16:29:159] [17408:17409] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core] - > transport_read_layer:freerdp_set_last_error_ex > ERRCONNECT_CONNECT_TRANSPORT_FAILED [0x0002000D] > [17:16:30:235] [17408:17409] [INFO][com.freerdp.core] - > freerdp_tcp_is_hostname_resolvable:freerdp_set_last_error_ex resetting > error state > [17:16:30:304] [17408:17409] [INFO][com.freerdp.core] - > freerdp_tcp_connect:freerdp_set_last_error_ex resetting error state > [17:16:30:615] [17408:17409] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - BIO_read > returned a system error 104: Connection reset by peer > [17:16:30:615] [17408:17409] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core] - > transport_read_layer:freerdp_set_last_error_ex > ERRCONNECT_CONNECT_TRANSPORT_FAILED [0x0002000D] > [17:16:30:615] [17408:17409] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core] - > freerdp_post_connect failed > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 4:56 PM < > freerdp-devel-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net> > wrote: > > > Welcome to the FreeRDP-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list! > > > > To post to this list, send your message to: > > > > freerdp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > General information about the mailing list is at: > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel > > > > If you ever want to unsubscribe or change your options (eg, switch to > > or from digest mode, change your password, etc.), visit your > > subscription page at: > > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/options/freerdp-devel/drifter.frank%40gmail.com > > > > > > You can also make such adjustments via email by sending a message to: > > > > freerdp-devel-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > with the word `help' in the subject or body (don't include the > > quotes), and you will get back a message with instructions. > > > > You must know your password to change your options (including changing > > the password, itself) or to unsubscribe without confirmation. 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