Issue 28 in cassia: Throw a more detailed exception if unable to connect to a remote terminal server

[cas...@googlecode.com]

Status: Accepted
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Labels: Type-Enhancement Priority-Medium

New issue 28 by danports: Throw a more detailed exception if unable to
connect to a remote terminal server
http://code.google.com/p/cassia/issues/detail?id=28

Instead of throwing a generic Win32Exception, provide a bit more information
about possible troubleshooting steps.

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Comment #1 on issue 28 by danports: Throw a more detailed exception if

unable to connect to a remote terminal server
http://code.google.com/p/cassia/issues/detail?id=28

Suggest firewall issues, etc. If error is access denied, suggest
impersonation or
checking privileges for the current user.

[cas...@googlecode.com]

Comment #2 on issue 28 by danports: Throw a more detailed exception if

unable to connect to a remote terminal server
http://code.google.com/p/cassia/issues/detail?id=28

You might get "The RPC server is unavailable" if you try to connect to a
server on
which nothing is listening on port 445.

[cas...@googlecode.com]

Comment #3 on issue 28 by danpo...@gmail.com: Throw a more detailed

exception if unable to connect to a remote terminal server
http://code.google.com/p/cassia/issues/detail?id=28

See issue 34 for further discussion on the access denied topic.

[cas...@googlecode.com]

Comment #4 on issue 28 by danpo...@gmail.com: Throw a more detailed

exception if unable to connect to a remote terminal server
http://code.google.com/p/cassia/issues/detail?id=28

This blog post has some helpful troubleshooting tips:
http://www.codesoil.net/2007/08/16/big-problem-access-denied-when-using-qwinstaexe-or-wtsopenserver-api/

[cas...@googlecode.com]

Updates:
Labels: Milestone-2.1

Comment #5 on issue 28 by danports: Throw a more detailed exception if

unable to connect to a remote terminal server
http://code.google.com/p/cassia/issues/detail?id=28

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Updates:
Owner: danports
Labels: Estimate-2

Comment #6 on issue 28 by danports: Throw a more detailed exception if

unable to connect to a remote terminal server
http://code.google.com/p/cassia/issues/detail?id=28

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