Remote Desktop Procedures

Changing your TRCOMP password (for Windows users)

If you need to change the TRCOMP password, you can use the TRIUMFRDS application to do this.

• On the General tab, enter your current username and password for TRCOMP
• Click on the Change Password button
• A shell window opens - enter the new password - the windows automatically closes.

You can also use PuTTY to connect to TRCOMP01 and change your password with the "passwd" command.

Linux and MAC users - How to use RDP with SSH

1. Launch a terminal window

2.  Enter the following command

ssh username@trcomp01.triumf.ca -L localport:remote_desktop_server:3389

where

• username is your trcomp01 user account
• localport is a port number between 5000 and 6000
• remote_destkop_server is the name of the computer or server you are trying to connect to, e.g. trwinrds.triumf.ca

3. Leave the terminal window open

4. Launch the Remote Desktop client

5. In the Remote Desktop Server address, enter it the form

localhost:localport

where the localport is the same value that you set in step 2.