# Tlclient says "server refused connection. is this a tl server?" but admintool has session entry?

**URL:** <https://community.thinlinc.com/t/tlclient-says-server-refused-connection-is-this-a-tl-server-but-admintool-has-session-entry/183>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** tlclient, linux, tlserver, thinlinc\
**Created:** [17 June 2021 08:16 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/tlclient-says-server-refused-connection-is-this-a-tl-server-but-admintool-has-session-entry/183 "2021-06-17T08:16:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![aaron](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.thinlinc.com/aaron/32/13_2.png) [@aaron](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/aaron)\
**Post date:** [22 June 2021 06:55 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/tlclient-says-server-refused-connection-is-this-a-tl-server-but-admintool-has-session-entry/183/3 "2021-06-22T06:55:19Z")

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@nanas please see the following topic, where a user had a similar issue and solved it. Perhaps it might be helpful:

[“Is this a thinlinc server?” error message despite running vsmserver & possible ssh connection?](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/is-this-a-thinlinc-server-error-message-despite-running-vsmserver-possible-ssh-connection/188)

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