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After starting my Ubuntu Server guest with the command:

vboxmanage startvm UbuntuServer --type headless

I've tried connecting to it from my Mac OS host with the command:

rdesktop -a 16 -N localhost:3389

Instead of connecting, I get the error:

"ERROR: connect: Connection refused"

Is there something I'm doing wrong?

Thanks

You didn't read the documentation for when you're using VBoxHeadless. The build-in VRDP server is NOT running when using headless.

Thanks Sasquatch! It works now if I use the "--type VRDP" parameter. I was confused because starting the VM via VBoxHeadless does start the VRDP server automatically, whereas with VBoxManage you have to specify.