[olug] windows admin from linux

[Daniel Pfile]

Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote:

>On 11/30/05, Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net> wrote:
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>>On Wednesday 30 November 2005 16:40, thelarsons3 at cox.net wrote:
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>>>Those of you that admin Windows machines from your Linux desktop, what s/w
>>>are you using to do this?  I've heard of rdesktop - is this the only game
>>>in town?
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>>I use rdesktop to run a session on our Windows terminal server.
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>>>How well does it work for you?
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>>Very well.  It can be a bit of memory hog, so plan on having 512MB or better
>>in the machine.
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>>Dave Thacker
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>I'd have to vote for vnc if I was given the choice and the
>circumstances allowed for it.
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VNC is single user only if I remember right. Term services in a basic 
windows server lets you have two clients connected. You can also ensure 
the admin uses their domain account and controll access to remote in 
through the domain as well.

Personally I use a win2k with rdesktop for windows servers and exceed 
for unix. HP RILO boards for windows and term concentrators on suns 
provide lower level access. Works great, and I never need to go into the 
data center.

-- Daniel