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For routine tasks i have to execute commands on machines running both winxp and linux. I usually do it via telnet. But the process is very manual as i have to authenticate for each machine then specify the command.
Is there any way that i could automate this job using a script or so?
It definitely is periodic sometime but not always like suppose i would like to run swap my dhcp server from machine 1 to machine 2. I stop to dhcp server machine 1 and start dhcp server machine 2.
Expect is really nice , but i got some learning to do. I was "expecting" something easier.
I agree with bratmon, ssh with certificate authentication is the way to go. From your desktop, create public and private key and then upload the public key to the server(s) you need to authenticate on. Then you can execute a local script to run remote commands via ssh.
ssh sounds like the thing. But i don't know much about ssh. If you guys could please give me some references. I have a super slow net connection so direct links would be of much help.
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