Wouldn't necessarily require an agent. See http://sysinternals.com for their psexec utility.
All you need is admin rights on the remote box. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Alistair Francis > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 03:58 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SA-list] Remote command as alert > > > Yup, it would be useful, even though it requires an agent on > the target > machine. The only problem I can see is security. It would need to be > seriously tight, possibly some sort of encrypted key between > server and > agent. If it was as simple as telneting to a certain port on > the target mac > and issuing commands... (shudder!) imagine what a IT savvy disgruntled > employee could do! Are you thinking of a restricted command > set or something > along the lines of a remote command prompt type thing? > > Alistair Francis > Systems Administrator > Comm Express Services SA (PTY) LTD > TEL: +27 (0)11 475-5567 > FAX: +27 (0)11 475-6238 > CELL: +27 (0)84 607-7325 > > The information contained in this electronic mail message is > confidential to > the Matragon group of companies and may enjoy legal > privilege. The contents > are intended solely for the addressee and access thereto by > anyone else is > unauthorised. Should you not be the intended recipient, > kindly delete the > message and inform us. Any disclosure, copying or > distribution is prohibited > and may be unlawful. Please also note that any action taken, > or omitted to > be taken in reliance on the information contained herein is > done at your own > risk. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Dirk Bulinckx > Sent: 23 November 2004 13:28 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SA-list] Remote command as alert > > > Is the possibility to execute a command on a remote system > (currently only > possible on the system running SA), something that would be > of any help > knowing that for that you would have to have a "remotecommand" service > installed on the system(s) that need to execute those commands. > > Dirk. > > > > > > > ------------------------- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > With the following in the body of the message: > unsubscribe SAlive > > > > > ------------------------- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > With the following in the body of the message: > unsubscribe SAlive > ------------------------- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the following in the body of the message: unsubscribe SAlive
