Remote administration from Unix

[Ntr0P]

Is anyone aware of a convenient way to perform remote administration on an NT server from Unix? Specifically I need to start and stop a service. Whether I invoke a batch file on NT or issue the commands from Unix doesn't really matter.

I am aware of remote shell, but am also aware of the many security implications surrounding it. I'm hoping there is a better (more secure) solution.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[bpvwebdesigns]

Hello,

I am guessing that you have already checked this possibility, but my suggestion is VNC

Please follow the links below if you haven't heard of this:

http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/

http://www.realvnc.com

Regards, ___________________________________________________

Brian Velkavrh
Sr. Consultant - BPV Webdesigns

http://www.bpvwebdesigns.com

Network+ Certified Engineer

 

[F1lby]

You could run IIS on it and put a few .exe files in a scripts folder and enable it for EXECUTE access (with security permissions of course), so you'd have to be an authenticated user...

 

[mweinstock]

There's also ssh rather than just a standard remote shell. It's secure, and available on just about any platform. OpenSSH is an open source version.

http://www.openssh.com/

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