Whether your Linux server is under your desk or in a co-location facility clear across the country, virtually all system maintenance can be accomplished simply by logging in. ssh and tools such as up2date, apt-get, and any text editor make remote Linux system administration a snap. Remote maintenance of a Windows server can be (almost) as easy, using rdesktop and tsclient, two open source clients that can replace the traditional system console.
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Whether your Linux server is under your desk or in a co-location facility clear across the country, virtually all system maintenance can be accomplished simply by logging in. ssh and tools such as up2date, apt-get, and any text editor make remote Linux system administration a snap. Remote maintenance of a Windows server can be (almost) as easy, using rdesktop and tsclient, two open source clients that can replace the traditional system console.
Tuesday, February 1st, 2005
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Whether your Linux server is under your desk or in a co-location facility clear across the country, virtually all system maintenance can be accomplished simply by logging in. ssh and tools such as up2date, apt-get, and any text editor make remote Linux system administration a snap.
Remote maintenance of a Windows server can be (almost) as easy, using rdesktop and tsclient, two open source clients that can replace the traditional system console.
rdesktop is an open source client for Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server, Windows 2000/2003 Terminal Services, and Windows XP Remote Desktop. It uses the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), an extension of the ITU-T T.128 (“T.SHARE”) application sharing protocol, to remotely present a system’s desktop. In newer versions of Windows it also supports device redirection (more on that later). Written by Matthew Chapman, rdesktop is licensed under the GNU Public License (GPL) and is available from http://www.rdesktop.org/. As of this writing, the latest stable version is 1.3.1.
Installing rdesktop is as simple as downloading the source, unpacking it, and performing ./configure&&make&&make install. Once installed, and assuming your Windows server has been configured to allow remote desktops (this varies depending on Windows version and is beyond the scope of this article), you can connect to the server with:
$ rdesktop [options] server
Since you’re connecting to a remote server, the options provide authentication and the type of connection.
–u username specifies the…
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