Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 15:33:06 -0500 From: Bara Zani <bara_zani@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: telnet to a Win2k-pro machine Message-ID: <20011209153306.A540@weebo> In-Reply-To: <3C12CB0E.2050203@owt.com>; from kstewart@owt.com on Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 06:23:10PM -0800 References: <20011208223542.U29324-100000@big> <04cb01c1804f$2673f5b0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C12BCBB.80700@owt.com> <04e401c18050$314ea060$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C12BEEC.6010402@owt.com> <04eb01c18054$217e7b70$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C12CB0E.2050203@owt.com>
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On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 06:23:10PM -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: have a look here for win2k command line use http://www.labmice.net/Administration/command.htm <*> <*> <*> Anthony Atkielski wrote: <*> <*> > Kent writes: <*> > <*> > <*> >>Well, NT-3.5x+ has had a POSIX subsystem and you <*> >>can run the POSIX commands from the telnet command <*> >>line. <*> >> <*> > <*> > That's not NT administration, though. If you want something to run POSIX <*> > with telnet, why not just run UNIX? <*> <*> <*> There are a lot of command line program to do sysadmin stuff from the <*> command line. Find out where they are called is a different matter. Now <*> you can use XP and use the remote admin capability. <*> <*> I can't imagine using it either but if you add the MKS toolkit, you have <*> pretty close to a real POSIX system. I have several computers running <*> full time. One is a W2K Server and the other two run only FreeBSD. It is <*> too easy to use one of the system running the proper OS for the task <*> than it is to make task run on the wrong OS. <*> <*> <*> > <*> > <*> >>For an editor, I use vi even on W2K. <*> >> <*> > <*> > I use Notepad on Windows. For FreeBSD, currently I use joe most of the <*> > time. vi has a steep learning curve for the simple editing I usually have <*> > to do. <*> <*> <*> I had to learn vi when we had a Cray X/MP scheduled to be delivered in <*> 1988. I was to fly to Minneapolis to benchmark what was to be our system <*> and there weren't a lot of choices for editors. Cray thought that just <*> using vi was abusing their system. The only other choices were as bad as <*> using "ed" on a DOS system. Once you get comfortable with something like <*> an editor, it takes a lot to get you to switch. There was "Elvis" and it <*> was available on everything I used. <*> <*> Most of the cursor keys work now even in input mode. There are only <*> about 6 commands that you need to know to get started. Notepad won't do <*> regular expressions. Doing a proper cross line cut and paste is hard <*> from vi. I also use notepad when it will be the easiest. <*> <*> <*> > <*> > <*> >>You can also setup your W2K machine to accept <*> >>lpr from a Unix system. I can't imagine adding <*> >>samba to a fine Unix machine just to share a printer. <*> >> <*> > <*> > You could attach an A/B switch to the printer. <*> <*> When that happens, I am usually on a different floor. They are networked <*> together anyway. If you turn your W2K machine into a lpr server, you <*> don't have to do anything. It just works automagically. <*> <*> I have seen the electronic A/B switches and all they are is a bandaid <*> solution. Sooner or later, you lose a print job because of contention. <*> <*> -- <*> Kent Stewart <*> Richland, WA <*> <*> mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com <*> http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html <*> FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ <*> <*> <*> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org <*> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- --------------------- Barazani --------------------- People who hate microsoft use Linux, people that love unix, use BSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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