I want to run script automatically, but it (script) depends on my internet connection. So when I put it in /etc/init.d catalog, it crashes before I make internet connection. I found perfect answer here:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/258580/how-to-run-a-script-depending-on-internet-connection
...BUT this answer is suitable for Ubuntu - on Fedora I don't even have /etc/network catalog. Any similar is /etc/networks, but script put there didn't do anything.
Fedora have the network scripts in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
So you can follow similar procedure to achieve the same.
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I am trying to run a windows batch command from CentOS 6. I would like to know the best way to achieve this. I explored PsExec and WinExe utilities in unix to connect to windows machine and run the required commands.
I am trying this on a windows VM which is within company network, hence kindly highlight any specific network issues that I may have to check for the setup to run.
Any pointers would help.
Have you seen the examples from the PowerShell for Linux GitHub pages, as the working examples seem to cover this off nicely?
https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/tree/master/demos/SSHRemoting
It will require SSH installed onto your Windows server, but otherwise seems to tick all of your boxes.
I need to run a program from my windows xP machine thats installed on a remote UNIX machine using MobaXterm but I have very little experience with this sort of thing.
I can login into the machine using ssh and start the program without a problem. That program needs files that I have on my windows computer to process though and I want to copy them over to that remote machine. Unfortunately the drag-and-drop file transfer panel that is mentioned regularly on mobaxterm help sites isn't present and I can't figure out how to make it appear.
Could someone suggest how to get that drag-and-drop panel to appear please? I'm using MobaXterm version 3.0.
Alternatively any explanation on how to transfer these files another way would also be very much appreciated.
Thank you very much for any help you can give.
If it still doesn't work when you try all of above methods, try this:
when you creat a Session, change the Advanced SSH setting-->SSH-browser type to SCP, which default is SFTP.
. thanks to willfurnass
Some Linux distributions or some other Unix systems have disabled SSH password authentication by default.
In order for MobaXterm to be able to launch the SFTP browser, you will have to re-enable this feature:
Edit the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" file on your server, and comment the following line:
PasswordAuthentication no
Restart your SSH server using the following command: /etc/init.d/sshd restart
Connect using MobaXterm SSH client and you will notice that the SFTP tab will be correctly launched.
If you can not modify your remote server configuration, you can also perform your file transfers inside MobaXterm terminal using SCP. A sample SCP command would be:
scp -r /drives/c/Some/Place/On/Your/Local/Windows/Drive/ yourlogin#yourserver:/Some/Place/On/Your/Remote/Unix/Server/
Ensure you have "Display SFTP Browser" enabled in your session settings under "Advanced SSH settings".
Occasionally it doesn't reappear, which is solved by a restart MobaXterm.
Another cause for the lack of sftp panel is if you accidentally enter and store a bad sftp password. MobaXterm then appears to attempt an automatic log in, but silently fails to open the sftp connection.
To fix this, go to Settings>MobaXterm passwords management and delete the offending password. Here's a screenshot of the settings page, showing the password management link.
To be clear, I had already run through the settings mentioned by #Nicolas and #Didier (thanks, guys!). I was able to get the sftp tab when ssh'ing in to other hosts (which didn't have bad passwords stored). And I had in the past seen the sftp pane. This fix solved my problem.
If you've never seen the sftp pane, then try the other suggestions first.
Have you tried:
Turning the program off and on again?
Note: I read this hint in a comment, which saved me from a tidious process of unnecessary fixing mobaXterm, also I am hence not the only one with that behavior. Even though this might be the first thing you already tried, some might not have been trying and haven't been lucky enough to read through the comments - this is for them.
For the most recent versions, ensure you have selected 'SFTP protocol' in the'SSH-browser' selector:
I am trying to work on a old script of mine that I was writing to backup file on my VMware server.
Originally the script was going to run on Linux only, but now I trying to figure out how to make it run on Windows. Most of the modules I need for perl will run on Windows and Linux which is good. But there is one module that I can't seem to find, which is an SSH module.
My plan was to use putty or plink to send commands to the server and return them to the script. But the problem that I see is every time I call putty in the script its going to open new connection to server and close it when it has finished. What I am looking for is a way to open a connection once its open leave it open and then send and receive from that one connection. Only having it close when the script calls a close function or something.
Any idea where I could being with something like this?
Unless someone else has a much better idea because I am open to anything.
There's quite a few SSH client modules from CPAN, such as Net::SSH, Net::SSH::Perl, and Net::SSH2.
You can also try using Expect
http://metacpan.org/pod/Expect
I am needed to move entire directories from one computer in the network to the other (In a platform independent way). Basically I am working on some automation tool to help the developers do Build Verification Tests, for this; I am directed to automate the installation and un-installation of the product on multiple platforms. So, I will need to first copy the files!
And this is where I needed some help in both conceptual and practical knowledge.
Firstly, let me mention that using something like FileZilla or WinSCP is out of the question since I need things to happen automatically and not through button clicks. But please let me know if these tools have any command line utilities!
I tried Perl's NET::FTP, and while it looked promising, I was wondering whether it was the best way to go. Also, I want to know what are the pre-requisites before I can run FTP, I mean would I need perl installed on the other end as well ? I constantly read that the commands from perl's FTP actually try to connect to a FTP host, does this mean its not going to work if I haven't configured the remote host in some way? And if I am right, then what is this extra piece of configuration to be done?
Apart from this, is there any other way I could solve my problem ? I mean I am looking for API's here that would help me do platform independent file transfers. But once again, I cannot use tools that would need button clicks and stuff, because I am doing automation and everything needs be dome programmatic-ally and automatically.
Also, I think this is a very generic problem-statement: "Moving files across a computers connected by LAN"; So, it would be wonderful if we can have a list of (possibly) many options (ways to solve the problem) in the form of answers to this post.
Thanks in advance for any help that you wish to provide.
If nearly all of the files in your directory have changed, creating an archive, sending it over the network, and unarchiving makes sense. Actually, if your LAN is fast enough, though, it may be faster not to compress the archive--just use tar.
If only some of the files have changed, rsync, a command line tool, will only download the changes. It can be used with ssh like this:
rsync -ae ssh username#hostname:/path/to/files /store/here/locally
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/09/rsync-command-examples/
On Linux and OS X, cron and crontab allow you to schedule scripts to run periodically. Windows provides the Windows Task Scheduler.
FTP is fine if you don't care about encryption over your LAN. Otherwise, SSH would be preferable.
rsync is available on OS X and Linux, but I think you can use it on Windows through Cygwin.
I suggest making an archive (e.g. a .tar.gz file) on the source host, transferring it with scp, and unarchive it on the target host.
You could also use unison or rsync
I would suggest you to develop your own FTP client in .NET. This way you will have complete control over the application, and instead of button-clicks you can schedule it using windows-scheduler. Here is an article about how to create your own FTP client in VB.NET:
http://dot-net-talk.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-create-ftp-client-in-vbnet.html
I am looking for a way in Linux to run a batch script on a remote Windows machine. I already searched some forums and the Internet and found e.g. this question.
It seems that the easiest way so far is using ssh. But do Linux or Windows also offer some built-in tools to solve this problem (something like at-command for Linux-to-Windows)?
Have a look at this. It seems to be the linux counter part to the Windows Sysinternals PsExec tool.
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Another option is to use ad-hoc services for remote execution, e.g. Nagios NRPE for windows. It is not exactly what the developers had in mind, but it can be (ab)used in this way.