> Don't discount students abilities. Especially if they have access to Google...
Sent from my iPad On Jan 21, 2014, at 6:47 PM, "Jon Harris" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Don't discount students abilities. As Susan asked about flipping the two servers IP addresses that would be one way for one student to have a bit of fun with the teacher. Jon > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Thin Clients pointing to wrong server > Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:46:11 +0000 > > Hmm, really doubt that. They don't have people knowledgeable enough onsite to > make that happen. (no IT staffers, only a lab/computer teacher) > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] on > behalf of Susan Bradley [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 11:10 AM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Thin Clients pointing to wrong server > > Any chance the ip of the DC and the TS box got flipped? > On 1/20/2014 8:56 AM, Jesse Rink wrote: > > > > LOL, yes. but it's not me that set it up. It's a new customer I > > picked up and was amazed to learn that even the students can logon to > > the DC via RDP. No idea why the previous support people set it up > > that way...That's on a list of things to look at along with other > > things I found during my first visit. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] on > > behalf of Charles Sullivan > > [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > > *Sent:* Sunday, January 19, 2014 1:01 PM > > *To:* [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Thin Clients pointing to wrong server > > > > This may be beside the point, but are you saying that regular users > > were able to log on using RDP to your DC? > > > > Charlie Sullivan > > > > Sr. Windows Systems Administrator > > > > *From:*[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jesse Rink > > *Sent:* Sunday, January 19, 2014 12:11 PM > > *To:* [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Thin Clients pointing to wrong server > > > > Just looking for some thoughts on this one. Had a situation the other > > day where I was called to go onsite because, starting a few days ago, > > only 2 users could logon to the (30) HP T510 thin client devices > > instead of the 30 users that normally could (it’s a computer lab). > > After a couple minutes of investigation, I verified that the users > > were not logging into the terminal server itself, but actually logging > > into the domain controller (which didn’t have the terminal services > > role installed, so they were obviously limited to two active RDP > > sessions/logins). > > > > Now, on the thin clients themselves, there’s a configuration setting > > telling it the IP address that it’s supposed to connect to. Oddly > > enough, all 30 thin clients had their configuration set to point to > > the IP address of the domain controller (x.x.x.2) instead of the > > terminal server (x.x.x.3). The lab instructor says he didn’t change > > all 30 thin clients, and we doubt the students would have done it, so > > does anyone have an idea how all 30 thin clients might have ended up > > pointing to the domain controller (x.x.x.2) instead of the terminal > > server (x.x.x.3)?? > > > > Changing all the thin client devices to point BACK to the terminal > > server itself (x.x.x.3)allowed all 30 users to login again, but I wish > > I knew how the address on the T510 thin client had gotten changed. Any > > thoughts on this one? > > > > Thanks > > > > J > > > > -- > Got your CryptoLocker prevention in place? > http://www.thirdtier.net/2013/10/cryptolocker-prevention-kit-updates/ > Only three more patching days of XP.... are you ready? >
