I'm wondering if it's at all possible to have a command prompt from the web interface - and if not, does anyone know how to remotely connect to a server other than a KVM option.  My unraid server is headless so it's a pain to drag a monitor and keyboard to it to get a command prompt (to do things such as  change permissions).  W/my 2K3 Server I just use remote desktop, I'm pretty poor w/linux so I'm not sure if there's an easy way to do a remote connection or if there's a plugin out there that will give me a virtual console.

 

Nate

Use telnet...

 

Unless you're on vista or windows 7 telnet is already part of windows. Just open a command prompt and type:

telnet <ipaddress>

 

obviously replacing <ipaddress> with the actual ip address of your server.

 

 

If you are on Vista or Windows 7, you can install telnet easily.

 

Start Menu,

Control Panel,

Program and Features,

Turn Windows features on or off,

Telnet Client (ensure it's checked/selected),

Click OK

 

You now have telnet client installed.

 

 

 

 

 

then go and download Putty...

 

* Telnet

* FAQ, unRAID Console and Addon Questions section

** Includes a link to PuTTY in first question

** Second question discusses some of the differences in Linux consoles

** Third question links to some of the commands you can use

Is there a way to do this on a Mac?  Can you use Terminal to log into the Tower?

Is there a way to do this on a Mac?  Can you use Terminal to log into the Tower?

 

Yes, just go to terminal and type:

 

telnet the.ip.address.here

 

it should work just fine.  There are also some instructions on how to make it work so that you can type telnet nameofserver

Thanks, that works (at least the IP part).

Thanks, that works (at least the IP part).

 

look here to get the name of the server working so that on a mac you can type telnet nameofserver to get to it.

If you are on Vista or Windows 7, you can install telnet easily.

 

Start Menu,

Control Panel,

Program and Features,

Turn Windows features on or off,

Telnet Client (ensure it's checked/selected),

Click OK

 

You now have telnet client installed.

 

 

 

 

 

how come this is blank to me?

You probably need administrative permission to enable telnet.

 

I'd just install putty.  It is far better than the telnet client built into windows.

 

get it from here: http://www.putty.org/

k thx found it, and i got the command line now thx for all the help guys...

great feedback here !