Remote desktop / VPN / Smartcard

[Submit]

I have a windows 2003 server with a usb smartcard reader and I have configured the VPN connection to connect using it. Great.

But if I remote desktop to this server and try to establish a VPN connection, I get the message that no smartcard is present or no reader is present (if I disable in remote desktop options). It?s trying to use the client to read the smartcard..

I would like to be able to remote desktop to this server and then establish a vpn connection which needs smartcard authentication. Is this possible to do with remote desktop?

TIA

 

[stash]

You need to install the smartcard CSP on the server you are remoting to. What cards are you using?

 

[stash]

Ok, I completely misread that, sorry. I'm not sure if you can do what you're asking from a RDP session.

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: Submit
I have a windows 2003 server with a usb smartcard reader and I have configured the VPN connection to connect using it. Great.

But if I remote desktop to this server and try to establish a VPN connection, I get the message that no smartcard is present or no reader is present (if I disable in remote desktop options). It?s trying to use the client to read the smartcard..

I would like to be able to remote desktop to this server and then establish a vpn connection which needs smartcard authentication. Is this possible to do with remote desktop?

TIA

You could leave your smartcard in the reader attached to the server then mstsc /console in maybe.

 

[Submit]

Originally posted by: Smilin

Originally posted by: Submit
I have a windows 2003 server with a usb smartcard reader and I have configured the VPN connection to connect using it. Great.

But if I remote desktop to this server and try to establish a VPN connection, I get the message that no smartcard is present or no reader is present (if I disable in remote desktop options). It?s trying to use the client to read the smartcard..

I would like to be able to remote desktop to this server and then establish a vpn connection which needs smartcard authentication. Is this possible to do with remote desktop?

TIA

You could leave your smartcard in the reader attached to the server then mstsc /console in maybe.

Tried that buy it didn't make any difference...

 

[Rilex]

IIRC you need a reader present on the physical system you're remoting into. Yes, it uses the client system to read the Smartcard (so the client system also needs a Smartcard reader as well as the Smartcard you want to use to login with).