Remote Admin Access to Linux from Windows Client

How do people get Remote Admin Access to a Linux server from a Windows
GUI or command line Client? I want to avoid a dedicated CRT and KVM
switches.

Thain typed:

> How do people get Remote Admin Access to a Linux server from a Windows
> GUI or command line Client? I want to avoid a dedicated CRT and KVM
> switches.

Putty is your friend:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/


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On 7 Feb 2004 11:49:34 -0800, thainhoward@csi.com (Thain) wrote:

>How do people get Remote Admin Access to a Linux server from a Windows
>GUI or command line Client? I want to avoid a dedicated CRT and KVM
>switches.

If you're absolutely stuck using windows, try Cygwin (
http://www.cygwin.com/ - Free). Cygwin's usually a better choice than
a Terminal client, mostly because you never know when you're going to
need/want X11 ( graphics ). You can config it with X11 support, and
command line ssh (or telnet/rsh if you want).

for terminal only, PuTTY
(http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ - Free).

Keep in mind however, that in a production environment KVMs w/ remote
view capability (Like the Raritan line - http://www.raritan.com/) are
your best friend. SSH is great as long as the system is in a "sane"
state. Once it panics, or hangs, or you screw up a firewall config
you've gotta drive to where ever it is.

Remote power on/off power bars are great too :).

-neoaeon

neoaeon wrote:
> Keep in mind however, that in a production environment KVMs w/ remote
> view capability (Like the Raritan line - http://www.raritan.com/) are
> your best friend. SSH is great as long as the system is in a "sane"
> state. Once it panics, or hangs, or you screw up a firewall config
> you've gotta drive to where ever it is.

In that vein I'll recommend Cyclades. These are some heavy duty remote
console setups. http://www.cyclades.com/products/2/ts_series

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Thain wrote:
> How do people get Remote Admin Access to a Linux server from a Windows
> GUI or command line Client? I want to avoid a dedicated CRT and KVM
> switches.

putty or any other ssh client, or
Netscape, Mozilla, Opera, IE or any other web browser, or
telnet (yes, I know that it's not secure) or
X (say, XFree86 or eXceed)

Of course, all this requires the appropriate software on your Linux server


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> How do people get Remote Admin Access to a Linux server from a Windows
> GUI or command line Client? I want to avoid a dedicated CRT and KVM
> switches.

I do a lot of my work from a Windows 2000 workstation, but all the
systems I manage are Linux boxes. PuTTY is awesome!!! It as easy to
use as a KVM switch (which I use, too) but PuTTY is just so darn easy.

Check it out at:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Sean Callaway
www.scallaway.com