Can't login with RDP on own computer

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I’m new to RDP. When I tried to log in to my account on my own PC using RDP, this is what I saw.

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xrdp-sesman output:

starting sesman in foregroud…
sesman config:
ListenAddress: 127.0.0.1
ListenPort: 3350
EnableUserWindowManager: 1
UserWindowManager: startwm.sh
DefaultWindowManager: startwm.sh
AuthFilePath: disabled
Xvnc parameters:
Parameter 00 -bs
X11rdp parameters:
Parameter 00 -bs
Xdmx parameters:
Parameter 00 -br
Parameter 01 -noreset
Parameter 02 -nolisten
Parameter 03 tcp
Parameter 04 –
Parameter 05 /usr/bin/Xfake
logging configuration:
LogFile: /var/log/xrdp-sesman.log
LogLevel: 4
EnableSyslog: 0
SyslogLevel: 4
security configuration:
AllowRootLogin: 1
MaxLoginRetry: 4
No TSUsersGroup defined
No TSAdminsGroup defined
session configuration:
MaxSessions: 10
KillDisconnected: 0
IdleTimeLimit: 0
DisconnectedTimeLimit: 0
[20110122-15:33:32] [WARN ] [init:45] libscp initialized
[20110122-15:33:32] [CORE ] starting sesman with pid 19279
[20110122-15:33:32] [INFO ] listening…
pam_authenticate failed: Authentication failure

What am I doing wrong? I’m pretty sure I’m able to type in my password correctly. Also, how do I prevent people from logging in as root? That sounds dangerous.

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Review this guide for RDP:
Windows Linux RDP Remote Desktop Connections using openSUSE as Client or Server (terminal server)

Are you trying to login to an account already open on the server end perhaps?

3

I did configure the firewall exception that was noted on that page.

Server traffic is let through, hence the “authentication failure” message. This also means that the server has received a request from the client, which I presume means that the client’s traffic is getting through its firewall.

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After investigating this problem for a few hours, I discovered the ridiculously odd source of the problem. My password contains a non-ASCII character. When I type that character into the RDP login window, it is split up into two characters. As a result, even though I typed the password exactly like I would with a normal login, the resulting password input was different.

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After investigating this problem for a few hours, I discovered the ridiculously odd source of the problem. My password contains a non-ASCII character. When I type that character into the RDP login window, it is split up into two characters. As a result, even though I typed the password exactly like I would with a normal login, the resulting password input was different.

Thanks for the update :slight_smile: