Re: tunneling windows terminal services via ssh - licensing error message

From: Vera Noest [MVP] (vera.noest_at_remove-this.hem.utfors.se)
Date: 05/24/04


Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 14:47:18 -0700

Anthing in the EventLog on the TS?
How is your licensing situation?
Can the TS locate the LS?
Do you have a free TS CAL available?
Can you connect from an other PC (on the same LAN as the TS)?

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Vera Noest
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svallarian@hotmail.com (Steven V.) wrote in
news:2577983e.0405240919.7768326d@posting.google.com:

> Ok, here's my setup.
>
> 1)
> My PC with latest terminal server client, running in win98
> compatibility mode.
> 2)
> using putty, ssh tunnel created between my computer and windows
> 2000 server (running cygwin/sshd)
> 3)
> Port forwarded local: 3389 to remote: 10.1.2.22:3389
> 4)
> connect using terminal server client
> 127.0.0.1:3389
> 5)
> everything looks good, but after I hit connect the client sits
> there and about 5 minutes later, I get the error.
>
> "A licensing error occured while the client was attempting to
> connect (Licensing timed out). Please try connecting again."
>
> A lookup on ms site says contact sysadmin. Well of course that's
> me and it doesn't make much sense. Tried running filemon and
> regmon on both my machine and the sshd hosting machine, but
> didn't come up with much.
>
> Anybody have this problem before? Any ideas?
>
> Steven Vallarian



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