Rdesktop logs itself out once connected for data exfilteration lab in PTS course

Cyber Security Penetration Testing Student (SP)
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This is after connecting to Openvpn lab in kali linux. Logout happens automatically.

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ rdesktop 172.16.91.100
Autoselecting keyboard map ‘en-us’ from locale
Core(warning): Certificate received from server is NOT trusted by this system, an exception has been added by the user to trust this specific certificate.
Failed to initialize NLA, do you have correct Kerberos TGT initialized ?
Core(warning): Certificate received from server is NOT trusted by this system, an exception has been added by the user to trust this specific certificate.
Connection established using SSL.
disconnect: Logout initiated by user.

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Yup, it’s only good for like 30 seconds of inactivity before it shuts down and kicks you. Tis rather frustrating.

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30 secs of inactivity! It doesn’t load in 30secs for me to login

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It seems to have been a temp glitch for me. Now it’s staying connected. If you’re having trouble connecting you may try support… make sure you’re accepting the certificate (it’s a full ‘yes’ in CLI, not just ‘y’) in case that’s your issue

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I accepted the certificate using ‘yes’. But it has worked now. Thanks for your response buddy.

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