MKS Toolkit for System Administrators
Remotely Administer systems, perform backups across multiple platforms using Graphical Windows Utilities
Overview
MKS Toolkit for System Administrators is a powerful administration suite that lets you move data and files between machines, remotely administer systems, and perform UNIX-compatible backups across UNIX, Linux, and Windows platforms. Increase productivity and automate repetitive tasks like password synchronization, adding users and groups, setting up new machines, cloning a system file or a document tree on local or remote systems, and automatically scheduling recurring tasks. Script and batch repetitive tasks that you could only do previously one-at-a-time using graphical Windows utilities. Perform complex file searches and copy permissions between objects from a single desktop, using the power of UNIX on Windows.
How Toolkit for System Administrators can help
System Administrators
- Add users and groups.
- Clone system file or document tree.
- Copy permissions between objects.
- Remotely administer systems.
- Perform UNIX compatible backups.
- Set up new machines.
- Automatically schedule recurring tasks.
- Query and control processes.
- Set and manipulate local or remote machine configurations.
- Create and control Windows desktops, shortcuts and appearances.
Powerful Administration
MKS Toolkit for System Administrators provides a complete toolset for pure Windows and mixed Windows, UNIX, and Linux system administration. Increase the command-line and batch automation capabilities of the Windows environment and decrease down-time by using these powerful commands and utilities. Leverage existing UNIX skills, scripts, and training to administer Windows systems with MKS Toolkit for System Administrators.
" MKS has been a lifesaver for us. My team has a "ton" of experience on UNIX platforms and very-little-to-none on NT. MKS has allowed us to do our work on an NT box very quickly."
Gail Wilson, First American National Bank
MKS Toolkit for System Administrators Features
- Over 275 UNIX and Windows command-line utilities (full POSIX.2 specification).
- Remote utilities (rsh, rexec, rcp, rlogin) for accessing other UNIX and Windows machines.
- Utilities for setting up users, groups, and permissions on Windows (userinfo, groupinfo, member).
- Query and manipulate the Windows registry with the registry command.
- Tape and archive commands (tar, pax, cpio, mt), for creating UNIX-compatible backups.
- Build automatic notification into processes and scripts with command-line mail utilities like smtpmail and mapimail.
- Commands to manipulate device drivers, Windows domains, and file associations (dev, domain, ftype).
- Start, stop, and query Windows services with service.
- File system handling commands (mount, umount) and symbolic link support.
- Win32 file and user security utilities (chacl, lsacl, su).
- MKS Korn shell (ksh) and MKS C shell (csh) command environments.
- NuTCRACKER Workstation.
Next Steps...
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Product Datasheet for MKS Toolkit
for Systems Administrators (PDF)
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