Mac desktop management
David Cassidy
I need to manage a number of Mac desktops and one server on a network that
also runs Unix and NT. NT is the primary NOS.
I want to use NT to control the other systems. Unix isn't a problem, but
questions lie in how to control Mac desktops through NT?
I know of a product called Mac Prefect but am unsure whether it will
sufficiently do the job. Does anyone know of other means to achieve a
managed desktop (or something close to it) on the Macs through NT Servers?
Thanks,
Dave
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Trinity Expert Systems Limited Mobile: 07970 519748
Alexander
David Cassidy wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I need to manage a number of Mac desktops and one server on a network that
> also runs Unix and NT. NT is the primary NOS.
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David Kurtz
<David....@trinity.uk.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I need to manage a number of Mac desktops and one server on a network that
> also runs Unix and NT. NT is the primary NOS.
>
> I want to use NT to control the other systems. Unix isn't a problem, but
> questions lie in how to control Mac desktops through NT?
>
> I know of a product called Mac Prefect but am unsure whether it will
> sufficiently do the job. Does anyone know of other means to achieve a
> managed desktop (or something close to it) on the Macs through NT Servers?
Have you looked at Timbuktu?
<http://www.timbuktupro.com/index.html>
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Tim Scoff
<David....@trinity.uk.com> wrote:
>Hi there,
>
>I need to manage a number of Mac desktops and one server on a network that
>also runs Unix and NT. NT is the primary NOS.
>
>I want to use NT to control the other systems. Unix isn't a problem, but
>questions lie in how to control Mac desktops through NT?
>
>I know of a product called Mac Prefect but am unsure whether it will
>sufficiently do the job. Does anyone know of other means to achieve a
>managed desktop (or something close to it) on the Macs through NT Servers?
Check out http://www.hi-resolution.com/ for one solution and
http://www.timbuktupro.com/netoctopus/index.html for two competing
products. The second one is a true cross platform solution. The first
one is Mac only, although it does give you the ability to make every Mac
user log in against their accounts on the NT Server.
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Michael
,
"David Cassidy" <David....@trinity.uk.com>
wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I need to manage a number of Mac desktops and one server on a network that
> also runs Unix and NT. NT is the primary NOS.
We use RevRDist here, works great, check out:
http://www.purdue.edu/revrdist/
You'll like the price:-). We use it with NT, works
fine, though I would suggest checking out
ASIP6.1 from a Mac server for the Macs, lets you
get AppleTalk packets off the network.
RevRdist allows you to keep a (or many) Master
folders that clients can be set to automatically
restore too. You can also config. so that unique
clients can restore uniques apps, extensions,
prefs. etc, while using a common System folder.
>
> I want to use NT to control the other systems. Unix isn't a problem, but
> questions lie in how to control Mac desktops through NT?
>
> I know of a product called Mac Prefect but am unsure whether it will
> sufficiently do the job. Does anyone know of other means to achieve a
> managed desktop (or something close to it) on the Macs through NT Servers?
We used Prefect for a while, but the kids kept
trying to hack it, made it more trouble than it
was worth. Now we just have that trouble with
NTWS4;-). If you have machines dedicated only
to particular, responsible, users, it works ok,
different phil. than RevRDist-Dist fixes problems
on reboot, but does not attempt to prevent
them (other than resotring pref. locks, control
panel settings, etc.), Prefect attempts to
prevent problems, but can't fix them. You can
also use both, if you really want full control;-).
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
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> Service Delivery Team Leader <http://www.tesl.com>
> Trinity Expert Systems Limited Mobile: 07970 519748
>
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Paul Womar
> I need to manage a number of Mac desktops and one server on a network that
> also runs Unix and NT. NT is the primary NOS.
See <http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/>, it's free too.
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Clive Sweeting
<{$PW$}@pwomar.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> David Cassidy <David....@trinity.uk.com> wrote:
>
> > I need to manage a number of Mac desktops and one server on a network that
> > also runs Unix and NT. NT is the primary NOS.
>
> See <http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/>, it's free too.
Yep, I use VNC for controlling my PC from Mac, and vica versa. However
the Mac server is less stable than the PC server......
Mark Costa
<David....@trinity.uk.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I need to manage a number of Mac desktops and one server on a network that
> also runs Unix and NT. NT is the primary NOS.
>
> I want to use NT to control the other systems. Unix isn't a problem, but
> questions lie in how to control Mac desktops through NT?
>
> I know of a product called Mac Prefect but am unsure whether it will
> sufficiently do the job. Does anyone know of other means to achieve a
> managed desktop (or something close to it) on the Macs through NT Servers?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
> --
> David Cassidy David....@tesl.com
> Service Delivery Team Leader <http://www.tesl.com>
> Trinity Expert Systems Limited Mobile: 07970 519748
>
>
>
>
You could also try this:
http://www.stairways.com/assimilator/
Mark Costa