[kwlug-disc] Linux RDP clients

[Raymond Chen]

I asked AI and was recommended to use
“remmina --enable-debug” to start it and view the logs with journalctl to
see if there is any clue about rejecting the password. Not sure if it
helps.

On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 16:23 CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm breaking in a new Windows 11 laptop for work.  Previously I was using
> a WIndows 10 box but as you know they are now verboten.
>
> With the old WIn10 box, it was easy to RDP from my Debian desktop to
> the Win10 laptop and work from my Debian system.  This gives me several
> advantages, mostly multiple monitors and bigger keyboard instead of working
> on a laptop with my chubby fingers.
>
> When I try to RDP to the Win11 box, using Remmina, I get all sorts of
> certificate errors.  I found that changing the authentication to TLS solves
> that, but the login on the Win11 box refuses to believe my name/password.
>
> I can still RDP to the Win10 box, then RDP from Win10 to Win11 so I know
> that a) the RDP host on Win11 recognises me and b) well, RDP works on Win11.
>
> So the question is why won't the Win11 box recognise my creds when I come
> straight from Debian to Win11, but is fine when I go Debian > Win10 > Win11
> ?
>
> I strongly suspect that Reminna is the culprit, as it's given me grief in
> other ways, but I haven't been able to find a good RDP app for Debian that
> can do the trick.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
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