Hi,
i tested autoit from samba netlogon and it works like charme
for sure you have to be admin for several programs but you can start any
install
with run as funktion if desired.
your service idea with firestarter seems to me a very good idea, i will
include that in my thoughts
to universal deployment.
i think if more people would share to this problem a gnu deployment system
like netinstall should be possible
i wonder that there are not many projects about that
Best Regards
- Original Message -
From: Jerry Haltom [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: rruegner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Automatic Windows Patch Deployment autoit
AutoIt fits in perfectly with the wpkg utility mentioned above.
THere is one big problem with netlogon scripts that make them impossible
im most environments: You have to log on as Administrator. Software
usually requires Administrator to be installed/removed. Having the
installation run as LocalSystem in the background gets around this (and
also keeps your users from messing with the procedure).
On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 07:29, rruegner wrote:
Hi @all,
i just played around to have an universal deploy solution which
is simple and handy
the tool autoit ( its a keyboard simulator for windows )
is a tricky freeware way to distribute every software you might need.
with netlogon you can check if software is installed if not than
you can start a from an autoit compiled exe to install the software from
samba server
This is not a prof solution which may work in big networks but it is
free
and simple.
i use it to implement antivir free version everytime a winclient joins
the
domain and has no antivirus.
also i created the update service for antivir ( which is no service in
the
free version )
maybe someone is interested in that stuff
Regards
- Original Message -
From: Jerry Haltom [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 2:16 AM
Subject: [Samba] Automatic Windows Patch Deployment (OS Agnostic)
A month ago I mentioned on this list work on a automated package
deployment tool for Windows systems, which is server agnostic. At the
time, I didn't have the time to put it up in a place for public
consumption. I do now.
The utility is named wpkg (punny isn't it?) It's nothing more than a
simple .js (jscript) file which needs to be run on Windows, from a
directory containing three XML files describing packages, hosts, and
profiles to be installed on a system.
Each package consists of nothing more than a set of command lines to
run
on install/upgrade/removal, a version number, and a name. When the
script is run (preferably as a service at boot, using srvany.exe, or
FireDaemon), it checks a local C:\$SYS$\System32\wpkg.xml file, which
lists the package entries of locally installed packages, determines
which new packages are available, and attempts to install them
according
to their command lines, and reboots if neccassary.
It is very simple, but I've now been running it for a week, with about
10 boxes (about to roll it out to all my systems), and it is totally
successful. It's very easy to add new packages, or upgade existing
packages, and then force a system wide reboot.
I am sending it to the list because I imagine there are similar
Windows
administrators out there, running Samba (or not) that need a good
software deployment utility. Microsoft's SUS sort of requires IIS, SMS
isn't much better. Also, I would like people to check it out, and
submit
patches, or changes, or new features to me, so that I may make use of
them too. :)
The source code is currently hosted on my subversion repository, at:
http://jack.feedbackplusinc.com/svn/repos/wpkg/
Username: guest
Password: your email address
The package is released under the GPL. (Can one of you license guru's
tell me if the GPL is appropiate for a windows patcher written in
jscript?)
Enjoy.
--
My current setup is using this sytem, with FireDaemon to launch the
service at start. Soon as Monday rolls around, im going to play with
the
ResKit's srvany.exe program.
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