You cannot remotely manage your windows desktops unless you
use some sort of management console. You can install VNC
on all of your desktops and use it to access your NT boxes
remotely, though. Obviously, that's a bit pathetic, so if
you have a lot of machines you'd be better off with either
using a centralized management solution (Tivoli etc), or
having a win2k box just for that sort of thing (using the
remote install service). Oh, you can also put the files needed
for updating on the Samba server, create logon scripts for
the users (also on the Samba server), and have them run
the proper programs.
Easy.
And if you want to use Linux so much, you can always
install SMS2.0 (*cough* *crap*), and then use Oracle
running on Linux as it's DB server :)
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>
> Thank you all for replying (eli, stanislav, gavrie, hets and others ...)
>
> about updates: i mean that for instance, i can globaly update all my ms
> boxes to be y2k complient etc...
> (not automaticaly, but globaly - i.e. remote manage the windose desktops
> .. )
>
> thanks
> erez.
>
> btw: did anyone succeed in putting a dialback server on linux that can
> work with windows clients ?
>
> Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
>
> > hi All,
> >
> > Well yes, I did some testings and contacting some people at HP (here in
> > Israel where they didn't even HEARD about this product) and in Europe.
> >
> > You can download HP OpenMail 6.0 and it will give you a free 50 user
> > licenses. Each 50 will costs you about 2,100$ (If I'm not mistaken).
> >
> > The program itself is pretty easy to install (couple of RPM's, and it
> > comes with PDF files as an online help), and it's a 1:1 port of
> > Microsoft Exchange server (including support for lotus CC Mail, and all
> > the thinks MS Exchange have).
> >
> > You'll also get as a bonus an Outlook client (built with Motif) for
> > Linux.
> >
> > As for Samba and passwords - Use the latest SAMBA as a PDC Server...
> >
> > Windows updates - they're not activated automatically (and I wouldn't
> > turn them on either), but if you look at the commercial Redhat 6.1 -
> > you'll see you also have this function (sort of - you'll need to
> > configure it for "automatical" with crontab for automatical live
> > update).
> >
> > Thanks
> > Hetz
>
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