Windows Tools

CBSUPERDUTY · New Member Joined: 19 Apr 2024 Posts: 18 Location: SW IOWA

I am a Sys Admin and have all windows servers. Is there anyway to use the Server Tools (mainly AD Users and Computers) on a Linux box? I know that this is pretty crazy but perhaps I would switch my production laptop to the penguin then. Confused

richard · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2024 7:44 pm Post subject:

I'm in the same situation as you and to be honest I'd suggest that you dual boot your laptop whilst you have a look at whats available. The other thing I'd do is make a list of the apps that you use with windows and look for linux alternatives. The last and most important thing I'd do is ask plenty of questions here. Very Happy

joshwilson_1 · Advanced Member Joined: 19 Jan 2024 Posts: 816

Another thing you could do if you were looking to use Linux, but still wanted to be able to make changes to your M$ servers, is to use the linux RDC client and enable RDC on the servers.

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DocZayus · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2024 12:15 am Post subject:

Or try a LiveCD and see the small of it...

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Stuka · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2024 12:57 pm Post subject:

CBSUPERDUTY: Not directly, but there's always rdesktop ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/rdesktop/ ). Acts just like the Remote Desktop tool in Windows, so you can just rdesktop to your server, and run the tools from there. It works, I've used it (and honestly think it was FASTER than the Windows client).

CBSUPERDUTY · New Member Joined: 19 Apr 2024 Posts: 18 Location: SW IOWA

Thanks for the responses. I may give rdesktop a try but on another box first. Actually this is about the only thing that I can think of besides VPN (third party software. Nortel Contivity) that wouldn't work. Anybody know of an email client that can do HTTP over RPC to an Exchange box?

Stuka · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2024 2:03 am Post subject:

Don't know for sure about the mechanism, but Evolution has an Exchange Connector that's been open sourced recently by Novell.

richard · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2024 5:10 am Post subject:

CBSUPERDUTY · New Member Joined: 19 Apr 2024 Posts: 18 Location: SW IOWA

HTTP over RPC allows me to connect to exchange using Outlook and no VPN while working remotely. Thanks for all of the replies.

Stuka · Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2024 7:57 pm Post subject:

http://www.nortelnetworks.com/products/01/contivity/multi_os/
Don't know about licensing issues, etc., but from THAT page it would appear that Nortel has a Linux client for their VPN systems.

richard · Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2024 10:15 pm Post subject:

Stuka · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2024 3:25 am Post subject:

I have no experience with it - that was just a quick google hit. In the process I also saw several mentions of using FreeS/WAN to connect to a Nortel Contivity - that MAY be a better solution (but I don't know how practical it would be for him). Dug a bit more - FreeS/WAN can be used to act as a "branch office tunnel", so I don't know if it would be useful for a single lappy.

mushroom · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2024 4:52 am Post subject: Re: Windows Tools

richard · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2024 7:35 am Post subject:

I'm just in the process of setting up a ProMepis box at work which I'm going to run Apache as well well as storing my own files on. Its a start abeit a small one.

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