Take Your Linux PC Anywhere

15 Nov, 2004 at 11:14pm ET Article published in Tech

Symantec’s remote management tool is getting its first major facelift in more than a year, with added platform support and a new security scheme.

Symantec’s pcAnywhere 11.5, due the first part of December, lets administrators manage servers or end users’ workstations without having to be physically present. With the pcAnywhere running as a host on a machine, the IT staffer can run a client program from anywhere in the world and do anything from update the latest security patch to executing a program.

The update by the Cupertino, Calif., company is further acknowledgement of the growing popularity of Linux in the enterprise. Since its initial launch, pcAnywhere has been a Windows-only application, but that’s been expanded to include Red Hat Linux and Novell’s SUSE Linux. On the desktop, the remote management tool can sit on the KDE and GNOME platforms.

With the Linux Host, IT staffers can remotely manage Linux or Windows machines without having to dual-boot or use multiple devices. Also, by using the pcAnywhere Web Remote, administrators can manage these two operating systems from any system using a Java-based (Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 or higher) Web interface that’s compatible with either the Internet Explorer or Mozilla Web browser.

woohoo!

Source: InternetNews

Comments

16 Nov 2004 ~ 12:39am kanezfan vnc is free and could do this for a long time.
16 Nov 2004 ~ 3:53am Nosferatu Though i'm willing to bet pcAnywhere will be a lot more polished than VNC, we'll see I guess. For now i'd rather use VNC and not deal with the hassle of setting up pcAnywhere.
16 Nov 2004 ~ 9:21am Enverex I was going to ask, I mean does PCAnywhere actually offer that much more than VNC?
16 Nov 2004 ~ 5:26pm kanezfan polish? how much polish does something like this really need? i love vnc's simplicity, you just type in the address and hit enter and you're there. pcanywhere is so bloated full of crap. why pay <$100 when vnc works just as well, is free, and is only 276kb for the viewer?
16 Nov 2004 ~ 5:53pm lightnin amen kanezfan. long time no see.
16 Nov 2004 ~ 5:58pm kanezfan omfg lightnin!! how you doin man?
4 Dec 2004 ~ 4:08am VNC on RedHat Enterprise 3.0 Hi Guys,
I am wondering How are implementing VNC on RedHat ?
The reason I am asking for VNC I have to run a command on TERM box then go to my PC and run VNCViewer in order to connect to the RedHat 3.0 server.

Is there a simpler way, i.e., having VNC service running even if I reboot the server and at the same NOT running this command every time I want to connect to the server.

I am new to Linux but that was the solution given by RedHat support !!

Thanks in Advance
4 Dec 2004 ~ 4:21am shwaip
You can edit your /etc/rc.local file. Add the following line:
```
/sbin/service vncserver start
```
This will start the service whenever the server is restarted.
I suppose there are other ways to do it, but that's just how I did it.
13 Dec 2004 ~ 12:54am alfonso You can try installing the rpm version of VNC in your RedHat distribution.
It installs all what you need in your server.
I the client you just need to install the vncviewer.

If you want your Linux server to automatically load and create virtual session for many users, you can do that at startup modifying rc.local

good luck