Re: Rdesktop 1.5 and Windows Server 2003 Licenses per DEVICE trouble

You don't have to contact the clearing house.
Simply change the licensing mode on the terminal server(s) you are 
connecting to.

Petry Roman, IT wrote:
> Hello und thanks for fast answer.. I have to change all Licenses to per user mode  via Clearing House and set the License Server to Per User mode ? 8-((
>
> No other way to save the cal as neoware and others do ?
>
> bye
> Roman
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]Im Auftrag von
> Beaumont, Kevin
> Gesendet: Montag, 16. April 2007 17:46
> An: Petry Roman, IT; [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: [rdesktop-users] Rdesktop 1.5 and Windows Server 2003
> License sper DEVICE trouble
>
>
> Licensing for Per Device doesn't work in 2003, and never has.  Swap the TS
> to per user, and it's fine.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Petry
> Roman, IT
> Sent: 16 April 2007 16:53
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [rdesktop-users] Rdesktop 1.5 and Windows Server 2003 Licenses per
> DEVICE trouble
>
> Hello we are using nearly 150 Thin Clients with rdesktop 1.5 in our Terminal
> Server farm. We use Per Device CAL´s. 
> Our users have the Problem that sometime ( sooner or later ) every user gets
> an Application popup at Logon Time from the server, that the license will
> expire in 7 (6 , 5 ,4 ,3 ,2, ,1 ) days and they should contact the admin. If
> i check the License Server i see some infos about the clients.
>
> Lsreport output:
> Server	License ID	Keypack ID	Client	User	Start	End
> Issue Type	License Type	HardwareID
> dc00	779	3	xp11	bob	27.06.2006	26.05.2007
> Upgraded	A02-5.02-S
> dc00	1024	3	thin3	root	21.08.2006	24.06.2007
> Active	A02-5.02-S	
> dc00	3216	4	thin4		16.04.2007	15.07.2007
> Temporary	A02-5.02-S	
> dc00	3218	4	thin4		16.04.2007	15.07.2007
> Temporary	A02-5.02-S	
> dc00	3220	4	thin4		16.04.2007	15.07.2007
> Temporary	A02-5.02-S	
> dc00	3221	4	thin4		16.04.2007	15.07.2007
> Temporary	A02-5.02-S	
> dc00	3223	4	thin4		16.04.2007	15.07.2007
> Temporary	A02-5.02-S
>
> I found thins here from Brian Madden which says that rdesktop can´t handle
> licenseing right.
> http://www.brianmadden.com/content/content.asp?ID=670
>
> Any way to come around this. Or do i have to change from per Device to per
> USER cal ?
>
> Any help or Info would be great. How does Neoware/Igel/Wyse or other Thin
> Client vendors which use Linux and rdesktop do the trick ? Where is the GPL
> Code they changed ?
>
>
> Thanks a lot
> Roman
>
>   

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