run programs on a remote computer with script, how?
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run programs on a remote computer with script, how?
I know about ssh but I need a solution that will work independent of user input. Lets say I want to execute a shutdown -h now command on one of the computers on the network via a script from another computer in the network. How do I do this. ssh asks for a password. I figured out the sudo part to make it passwordless. Any ideas? Thanks
you can set up rexec to execute commands remotely from a known, trusted host automatically, you'd possibly want to do this through an ssh tunnel for security though.
for ssh authorisation automatically though, you'd need a dsa or rsa key pair setup for the particular host.
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