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SysAdmin Workstation
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
To install the system administrators' workstation, boot
the machine with PCQLinux 2006 CD #1 and walk through the install wizard till
you get the install option screen. Here select the workstation Install type and
click next. On the next screen you will be shown all the five types of
workstation install options. Here just select SysAdmin Workstation
Its install type has all the office productivity and
multimedia applications. Plus it also installs tools for system administrators.
This allows you to mange PCQLinux 2006 server remotely. For instance, one of the
tools is called the web CD writer, which allows you to share a CD writer on a
server.
The PCQLinux 2006 sysadmin workstation comes with tools
that allow you to manage Apache server, NFS, DNS, and much more. Not only
that, but now system administrators can build firewall rules (using fwbuilder)
on their own workstations and then can further deploy the same to a PCQLinix
2006 firewall.
Some of the other tools included in this installation are
ettercap, to check for security vulnerabilities, such as MAC address flip-flops,
rdesktop to connect to remote Windows desktops and servers, and pcqlinux 2006
desktop sharing to allow you to connect to your own Linux desktop from anywhere
on your network.
| Some powerful tools
for for system administrators |
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| Sharing Windows folders over the network is as easy as providing the name and IP address of your Windows server, and giving your shared folder a name. |
Ettercap can be launched from a terminal, and is a great tool to identify IP spoof attachs, wherein the attacker does a address flip flops on a network switch. |
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| Use the Firewall builder tool to create firewall rules on the workstation, and then deploy them to a PCQ Linux 2006 firewall. |
Another handy tool in PCQ Linux 2006 is the rdesktop, which allows you to access your Windows machines on the network. |
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