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This reminds me of something I once wanted to do: How can I install
Python in a totally non-gui way on Windows (without the use of VNC)? I
think I was telnetted into a computer (or something like that) and I was
unable to run the usual Python installer because it uses a GUI.
Laurent Pointal wrote:
> Jorgen Grahn wrote:
>
>
>> On 23 Mar 2007 03:47:14 -0700, Godzilla wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> How do you create/spawn new processes in XP over telnet using python?
>>> I.e. I would like to create a new process and have it running in the
>>> background...
>>>
>> Ssh -- or even rsh -- are better choices than telnet for these things.
>> For some reason, they are not standard in Windows, though.
>>
>> ssh somewhere some command with arguments
>> rsh somewhere some command with arguments
>>
>> compared to
>>
>> telnet somewhere
>>
>> and then performing expect-like things (basically simulating
>> someone typing "some command with arguments" in the telnet
>> session).
>>
>
> + for an sshd running as a service under XP, look at CopSSH.
>
> + hope started process doesn't want a GUI... else, look at UltraVNC running
> as daemon, and port redirection using ssh.
>
>
>>> when I terminate the telnet connection, I would what the
>>> spawned processes to keep running until I shut it off...
>>>
>> That's a function of the remote OS; what happens when its terminal
>> goes away is not under the control of the client side.
>>
>
> Maybe the process starting job can be done by a Python program running as
> Windows service and waiting for requests on a port (or Pyro object or Corba
> object...).
> No need for telnet/ssh connection, no logout problem.
>
> Just care of possible security problems :-)
>
>
>
>
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