[K12OSN] Logging onto the server from a windows machine

jconlon1 jconlon1 at elp.rr.com
Wed Jun 23 12:59:38 UTC 2004


Our district is so tight that the left hand keeps secrets from the right
hand.  Floppy and USB key drives are out because the security won't accept
anything that is an executable program type file.  These turkeys have even
got boot security so you can't start from a floppy or other removable media.
>On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:36:30  1200 Bert Rolston <bert.rolston at clear.net.nz>
wrote.
>I take it you can't run it from a floppy / USB pen drive?
>
>VNC fits on a 720k floppy.
>
>Cheers,
>Bert
>
>On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 07:29, John P. Conlon wrote:
>> I don't have the VNC option available in the Windows machines because 
>> they are admin computers and have 90 thousand layers of security that 
>> not even the administrator can access some of.
>> 
>> Joe Guenther wrote:
>> 
>> >You could also VNC into the server.  I have the VNC server installed and
>> >running.  When I VNC into it, I get the same graphical login as a
terminal.
>> >
>> >Login as root ... away you go ...
>> >
>> >Joe Guenther
>> >= = = = = = = = = = = = = =
>> >LANtech - Didsbury
>> >Chinook's Edge School Div.
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
>> >Behalf Of jconlon1
>> >Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:38 AM
>> >To: k12osn at redhat.com
>> >Subject: [K12OSN] Logging onto the server from a windows machine
>> >
>> >
>> >Yesterday I had a problem.  I was in a meeting in a different part of my
>> >school.  A problem occurred that if I could have loged in from the
nearest
>> >computer I could have fixed in about 2 minutes.  All I had was a Windows
>> >machine available.  How can I log in as root using a windows machine on
an
>> >internal network in other words the ip address is xx.xx.x.xx
>> >Thanks
>> >Pat
>> >
>> >
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