I came across xrdp
this is a RDP server for linux.
The install goes fairly easy, but they leave out that you need to link the init script (located in /etc/xrdpd/xrdp.sh) to a link in /etc/init.d
other than that it works pretty well. you standard windows terminal server client works to connect and access the server, just like connecting to any windows server.

I spent way too long trying to figure out why I couldn’t get windows (using cygwin) to rsync to my linux server using a key exchange (so I can automate it). In the event anyone else is wanting to try this, I’ll post it here (assuming cygwin is already installed):

1. on the windows server run “ssh-keygen -t dsa” this will generate your key pair
2. make sure your rights are set correctly on the linux server for the .ssh directory and the files within it (this is what got me)
the .ssh directory should be 700 (ex. chmod 700 .ssh)
the files within it should be 600
3. copy your id_dsa.pub to the linux server from your windows server, then rename it authorized_keys, and move it into the .ssh directory (verify rights again)

that should be all, from there you should be able to ssh or rsync from the windows host to the linux one without need for a password.

I had run into issues getting consistency installing Symantec AV on all of the Linux servers. Because all of ours are SuSE, I wrote this specifically for SuSE, but it should be easy to modify for redhat or other distributions (ex. instead of using yast, use yum).
This script is designed to make antivirus install, removal and kernel module updates quick and easy, while keeping your install on a central server that is easy to get to.
If you use it, let me know if it works well, or you run into issues…

—- here it is—-

#!/bin/bash

#Version *** update if you make a change!!
VER=1.3

#install locations (this uses wget and must have http:// or ftp://)
#RPM PATH
RPMPATH=”ftp://server.fqdn.or.ip/symantec/rpm/*”

#Kernel Mod source Path
KMPATH=”ftp://server.fqdn.or.ip/symantec/ap-kernelmodule-1.0.10-26.tar.gz”

# ******************** verify we are using a root account
if [ $UID != 0 ]
then
echo “You need to run this as root! exiting…”
exit 1;
fi

# ******************* check if this is a 32-bit or 64-bit system

ARCH=`uname -m`

# ****************** Generate a random key

# generate a random key
RANDOM=`date ‘+%s’`
RAND1=$[($RANDOM % 999) + 1]

# **–**–: End of startup variables / starting menus :–**–**

_info () {

dialog –title “Installer $VER Info” –msgbox “Contact <your name here> for updates or questions \n your conatct info here ” 6 50
_main
}

_rmav () {

exec 3>&1
# Stop all AV services
/etc/init.d/autoprotect stop 2>$1 ; dialog –infobox “Stopping autoprotect” 3 45
/etc/init.d/symcfgd stop 2>$1 ; dialog –infobox “Stopping symcfgd” 3 45
/etc/init.d/rtvscand stop 2>$1 ; dialog –infobox “Stopping rtvscand” 3 45

# Remove RPM’s
rpm -ev savui ; dialog –infobox “removing RPMs [savui]” 3 45
rpm -ev savjlu ; dialog –infobox “removing RPMs [savjlu]” 3 45
rpm -ev savap ; dialog –infobox “removing RPMs [savap]” 3 45
rpm -ev sav ; dialog –infobox “removing RPMs [sav]” 3 45

# remove symantec av files
rm -f /etc/init.d/autoprotect ; dialog –infobox “removing files .” 3 45
rm -f /etc/init.d/symcfgd ; dialog –infobox “removing files ..” 3 45
rm -f /etc/init.d/rtvscand ; dialog –infobox “removing files …” 3 45
rm -f /etc/symantec/VPREG*.* ; dialog –infobox “removing files ….” 3 45
rm -f /etc/ld.so.conf.d/symav.conf ; dialog –infobox “removing files …..” 3 45
rm -rf /etc/symantec/NLS ; dialog –infobox “removing files ……” 3 45
rm -rf /opt/Symantec/symantec_antivirus ; dialog –infobox “removing files …….” 3 45
rm -rf /opt/Symantec/autoprotect ; dialog –infobox “removing files ……” 3 45
rm -rf /root/sav*install.log* ; dialog –infobox “removing files . …..” 3 45
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/symcfgd ; dialog –infobox “removing files .. ….” 3 45
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/rtvscand ; dialog –infobox “removing files … …” 3 45
rm -rf /var/symantec/Quarantine ; dialog –infobox “removing files …. ..” 3 45
rm -rf /var/symantec/Logs ; dialog –infobox “removing files ….. .” 3 45
rm -rf /var/tmp/I2_LDVP.TMP ; dialog –infobox “removing files …… ” 3 45
rm -rf /var/symantec ; dialog –infobox “removing files ……” 3 45
rm -f /etc/Symantec.conf ; dialog –infobox “removing files . …..” 3 45
rm -rf /etc/symantec ; dialog –infobox “removing files .. ….” 3 45
rm -rf /opt/Symantec ; dialog –infobox “removing files … …” 3 45

dialog –title “Uninstall Complete” –msgbox “AV removal has completed” 6 50

_main

}

_instav () {

#Get credentials to login and get the files needed
exec 3>&1
UNAME=$(dialog –title “AD Account credentials” –inputbox “Username:” 10 40 2>&1 1>&3)
PASS=$(dialog –title “AD Account Credentials” –insecure –passwordbox “Password:” 10 40 2>&1 1>&3)

# Download the files we need
wget -q -P /tmp/$RAND1 –ftp-user=$UNAME –ftp-password=”$PASS” $RPMPATH ; dialog –infobox “Downloading RPMs” 3 34
wget -q -P /tmp/$RAND1 –ftp-user=$UNAME –ftp-password=”$PASS” $KMPATH ; dialog –infobox “Downloading Kernel patch” 3 34

if [ -d /opt/Symantec/autoprotect ]
then
dialog –infobox “Detected AV a reboot will be needed to apply kernel modules” 3 45
else
mkdir /opt/Symantec
mkdir /opt/Symantec/autoprotect
fi

cd /tmp/$RAND1
tar -zxf ap-kernelmodule-1.0.10-26.tar.gz
cd ap-kernelmodule-1.0.10-26
./build.sh –kernel-dir /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build > /tmp/$RAND1/mod.log 2>&1 ; dialog –infobox “Building Kernel Modules” 3 34
cd bin.ira
mv ./* /opt/Symantec/autoprotect

#Install the AV RPMs
if [ $ARCH = x86_64 ]; then
cd /tmp/$RAND1
rpm -i sav-*.i386.rpm savap-x64-*.x86_64.rpm savjlu-*.i386.rpm savui-*.i386.rpm ; dialog –infobox “intalling Symantec AV” 3 34
echo “$ARCH”
else
cd /tmp/$RAND1
rpm -i sav-*.i386.rpm savap-*.i386.rpm savjlu-*.i386.rpm savui-*.i386.rpm ; dialog –infobox “intalling Symantec AV” 3 34
echo “$ARCH”
fi

dialog –title “Install Complete” –msgbox “AV and Kernel Modules have been installed” 6 50

rm -R /tmp/$RAND1
_main
}

_upmods () {

#Get credentials to login and get the files needed
exec 3>&1
UNAME=$(dialog –title “AD Account credentials” –inputbox “Username:” 10 40 2>&1 1>&3)
PASS=$(dialog –title “AD Account Credentials” –insecure –passwordbox “Password:” 10 40 2>&1 1>&3)

# Download the files we need
wget -q -P /tmp/$RAND1 –ftp-user=$UNAME –ftp-password=”$PASS” $KMPATH ; dialog –infobox “Downloading Kernel patch” 3 34

if [ -d /opt/Symantec/autoprotect ]
then
dialog –infobox “Detected AV a reboot will be needed to apply kernel modules” 3 45
else
mkdir /opt/Symantec
mkdir /opt/Symantec/autoprotect
fi

cd /tmp/$RAND1
tar -zxf ap-kernelmodule-1.0.10-26.tar.gz
cd ap-kernelmodule-1.0.10-26
./build.sh –kernel-dir /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build > /tmp/$RAND1/mod.log 2>&1 ; dialog –infobox “Building Kernel Modules” 3 34
cd bin.ira
mv ./* /opt/Symantec/autoprotect

dialog –title “Install Complete” –msgbox “Kernel Modules have been installed \n You will need to reboot for them to ” 6 50

rm -R /tmp/$RAND1
_main
}

_main () {
exec 3>&1
M1=$(dialog –title “Symantec AV installer $VER” \
–menu “Choose from one of the following options:” 15 55 5 \
1 “Install Symantec AV” \
2 “Update Kernel Modules” \
3 “Remove Symantec AV” \
4 “Info” 2>&1 1>&3)
#retv=$?
#[ $retv -eq 1 -o $retv -eq 255 ] && exit

case $M1 in
1) _instav ;;
2) _upmods ;;
3) _rmav ;;
4) _info ;;
esac
}

_gcc () {

GCC=`rpm -qa |grep ^gcc-[0-9] |awk -F “-[0-9]” ‘{print $1}’` ; dialog –infobox “Checking gcc and installing if needed” 3 45

if [ “$GCC” != “gcc” ] ; then
#echo “gcc is not installed”
yast -i gcc
fi

_pkg-test
}

_kernel () {

KSOURCE=`rpm -qa |grep kernel-source |awk -F “-[0-9]” ‘{print $1}’` ; dialog –infobox “Checking kernel source and installing if needed” 3 45

if [ “$KSOURCE” != “kernel-source” ] ; then
# echo “kernel-source is not installed”
yast -i kernel-source
fi

_pkg-test
}

_pkg-test () {

GCC=`rpm -qa |grep ^gcc-[0-9] |awk -F “-[0-9]” ‘{print $1}’` ; dialog –infobox “Checking if gcc is installed” 3 45
if [ “$GCC” != “gcc” ] ; then
_gcc
fi

KSOURCE=`rpm -qa |grep kernel-source |awk -F “-[0-9]” ‘{print $1}’` ; dialog –infobox “Checking if kernel source is installed” 3 45
if [ “$KSOURCE” != “kernel-source” ] ; then
_kernel
fi

_main
}

_pkg-test

exit

—–end —