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Terminal Server Logon Issue

I just bought a new server with Windows 2003 server on it. I gave it the Terminal Server role. After setting it up, I'm able to logon as Administrator, but I cannot log on as any users. I checked the Terminal Services tab and the deny user to logon is cleared. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Jay_Jay70

Hi NESupply,

make sure your users are part of the remote desktop users group

on the local policy of the server check the computer config - windows settings - security settings - local policy - user rights assignment

make sure the remote desktop users group is added to the allow logon through terminal services

in your actual rdptcp settings in the terminal services configuration util make sure you have added that group also

NESupply

ASKER

I'm pretty new to Terminal Services, so please bear with me.

Remote desktop users - the AD one or local one?

Local policy has our terminal servers user group and remote desktop in the allow logon through terminal services.

Where do I find the rdptcp settings?

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NESupply

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I added my AD terminal server users group to the server's local Remote Desktop group and it let me in with a regular user account. I looked at my other terminal servers and they aren't setup like that. Could it be because they other two are in a cluster? I plan to add this third server to the cluster, but am doing some testing with a telnet application before adding it.

Jay_Jay70

to be honest i havent dealt with clusters so i am not sure on the security settings

your terminal server works now though yes? will have to learn about clustering in the new future :)

NESupply

ASKER

Yeah, the server works....thank you.

Jay_Jay70

no worries, good luck :)