Hi Thomas, the VRDP authentication methods are described in details in the chapter 8.3 of the manual.
The 'guest' method means that the user 'admin' will be verified by the guest additions (see 8.3). Best regards, Vitali. Thomas Besser wrote: >Hi, > >I'm trying to connect with linux rdesktop tool to VRDP (linux host with >WinXP in VBox). Log says: > >00:04:38.993 VRDP: Logon: ThessyMobil (172.22.9.100) build 2600. User: >[admin] Domain: [] >00:04:38.996 VRDPAUTH: User: [admin]. Domain: []. Authentication type: >[guest] >00:04:43.996 VRDPAUTH: Access denied. > >The user manual says (Chapter 6.1.5): > >-vrdpauthtype allows you to choose whether authoriza- >tion will be performed by VirtualBox, by an external library or not at all. > >The description of 'modifyvm' within 'VBoxManage' knows these three >possibilites: >[-vrdpauthtype null|external|guest] > >I would think... > > null = 'not at all' > external = 'external library' > guest = 'VirtualBox' > >But what does 'guest' mean? Where is the user 'admin' searched? In the guest >system (WinXP) or has it to be defined in VirtualBox? > >Regards... >Thomas > > >_______________________________________________ >vbox-users mailing list >[email protected] >http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > > _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
