Running Windows Command Line Applications from a Linux Box

re: Running Windows Command Line Applications from a Linux Box

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re: Running Windows Command Line Applications from a Linux Box

remdotc — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:49:34 GMT

You can either purchase a copy of Cross Over Office and/or Cedega, which allow you to run windows native binarys on linux (directX) or you can under wine get these to work, though you need to install
IE 6.1
You need to set your 0/S in wine.conf to 2000
you need to copy most of the files contained in
sysroot/system32 to your winex install
performance is horrible

The better sollution is to install a ssh server on the windows box and then remote in via command line. If you can not afford a commerical one, you can always use cygwin

re: Running Windows Command Line Applications from a Linux Box

smither — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:39:51 GMT

Simply install vncserver from, for example, realvnc.com, then use vncviewer on the Linux box. You have your complete Windows desktop within a window in your X server. Open the terminal from the start menu.

re: Running Windows Command Line Applications from a Linux Box

docsmooth — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:42:22 GMT

I completely forgot this portion to my previous comment:

Is there anyone who has experience running Windows Resource Kit tools or Windows 2003 Support Tools from Wine or similar directly off of the Linux box? It would be fantastic to be able to run those and the MMC tools, perhaps with WinBind as the authentication path?

As things sit right now, I have to run a VMWare WinXP instance, or dual-boot to get access to those tools that I run less frequently than certain FOSS tools, but still need.

re: Running Windows Command Line Applications from a Linux Box

docsmooth — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:42:44 GMT

rdesktop -0 -f <servername> will work the same as mstsc /console with the fullscreen switch set. As Chris said, it's not a browser, but it's a 100% replacement for MSTSC, and fits every single option, security and otherwise, that is in MSTSC.

Also, KDE users have "krdc" which wraps around rdesktop and VNC, so you can connect to either, and save off your settings, just like saving .RDP files in Windows.

Rob

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einhverfr — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:30:01 GMT

Hi all.

Nektar wrote:

" I am disappointed that Microsoft does not offer an SSH implementation with Services for Unix or with SUA."

When I was at Microsoft, the legal department raised objections. Not sure if they were trademark related or what. But a good substitute would be a kerberized telnet client and server that would be capable of session encryption as per the Kerberos specification. People usually don't know that this is possible using Kerberos and telnet but it is. And given the architecture of AD, this would lead to close integration.

Vox wrote:
" Of course if there was an RDP client that could access Windows full screen using a browser (the same way as Virtual Labs work) you could run GUI programs as well"

Ever use rdesktop? It doesn;t use a browser, but it close enough you can easily run GUI apps.

Best Wishes,
Chris Travers
Metatron Technology Consulting

re: Running Windows Command Line Applications from a Linux Box

vox — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:12:59 GMT

Of course if there was an RDP client that could access Windows full screen using a browser (the same way as Virtual Labs work) you could run GUI programs as well

re: Running Windows Command Line Applications from a Linux Box

breiter — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 23:05:18 GMT

I'm stunned that you didn't recommend OpenSSH running on Interix from SFU 3.5 or SUA 5.2. I would much rather rely upon Interix than Cygwin. Interopsystems maintains an both a free straight OpenSSH package and an commercial enhanced version with an MMC-based GUI configurator.

re: Running Windows Command Line Applications from a Linux Box

szlwzl — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:36:20 GMT

I would also very much like to see this as a built in feature - cygwin is great and I use it all the time but why not build something like this into the OS?

re: Running Windows Command Line Applications from a Linux Box

nektar — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:44:05 GMT

I am disappointed that Microsoft does not offer an SSH implementation with Services for Unix or with SUA.