[execnet-dev] how to remotely open a program on win box?

[Mathieu Drapeau]

Hi Charles,
I was able to install it finally, I needed to change the name of the file
(which was socketserver.py and causes conflict).

My problem now when I am trying to do a remote_exec, I am not able to debug
what's happening in the background. Do you have an idea where/how I can see
the trace?

thanks,
Mathieu


2010/7/29 Charles Solar <charlessolar at gmail.com>

> well, i would check the process list, see if pythonservice.exe is
> running.  You may need to run it as admin if you are not.  Open
> services.msc to make sure the service is actually installed ( named
> 'python service' creatively enough).
> If all that is working, then make sure you are connecting to it as a
> socket gateway, not a ssh gateway.
>
> Another thing you may want to check, make sure you have the latest
> version I posted which should have a class def for IOJoiner at the
> top.  That version has a few improvements and should work better than
> the first one i posted.
> Also, there is a script in the execnet scripts folder called
> socketservice.py or something which works similarly and might work
> better for you.
>
> Charles
>
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Mathieu Drapeau <matdrapeau at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Charles,
> > Like you mentionned the problem was with sshd which didn't have the
> option
> > to "interact with the desktop".
> > This option could be enabled in the windows services panel.
> Unfortunately,
> > this can only be done in Windows XP pre-SP! Since then Microsoft has
> > disabled this option for security reasons.
> >
> > So, I decided to switch to a socket server. I did see the socket server
> > script you posted but I am not able to make it work.
> > I do install and start the server but I am not able to connect to it.
> Seems
> > it is not running because when I try to stop it right after, it says the
> > service has not been started.
> >
> > Do you have an updated version of your script? Do you have an idea why
> the
> > script seems not to be running?
> >
> > thanks,
> > Mathieu
> >
> > 2010/7/27 Charles Solar <charlessolar at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> I suspect that cygwin's sshd probably operates in non-interactive
> >> mode.  Check the process list on the computer, does calc.exe show up?
> >> If so, it just means that sshd is indeed non-interactive which means
> >> it will not spawn graphical windows for logged in users.  There is
> >> probably some way for it to do so, but it would be a cygwin thing, not
> >> execnet specificly =/
> >>
> >> Charles
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Mathieu Drapeau <matdrapeau at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> > I am trying to connect to a windows box and execute a program which
> >> > requires
> >> > the display using execnet. The windows box has cygwin installed where
> >> > sshd
> >> > is running.
> >> > Here is a small example of what I am trying to achieve.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > # remote.py script which should open the windows calculator utility
> >> > from subprocess import call
> >> > if __name__ == '__channelexec__':
> >> >     call(["calc"])
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > #code to run locally
> >> > import execnet, remote
> >> > gw = execnet.makegateway("ssh=%s" % WINBOX_IP)
> >> > ch = gw.remote_exec (remote)
> >> > ch.waitclose ()
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Looking on the screen of my windows box, I don't see any calculator
> >> > program!
> >> > Is it expected?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Mathieu
> >> >
> >> > _______________________________________________
> >> > execnet-dev mailing list
> >> > execnet-dev at codespeak.net
> >> > http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/execnet-dev
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/execnet-dev/attachments/20100729/84c30e24/attachment.html>