Execute Commands on Remote Computers over Network

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In article <1151443795.343874.290790 at u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,
 "dylpkls91" <dpickles at pacbell.net> wrote:

>Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> In article <1151378614.481850.271340 at c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
>>  "dylpkls91" <dpickles at pacbell.net> wrote:
>>
>> >I have been researching this topic and come up with some code to make
>> >it work. It uses SSL and requires the 3rd party package Paramiko (which
>> >requires PyCrypto).
>>
>> Why not just spawn an invocation of SSH?
>
>Can you explain what this means, and how I could do it in Python?

SSH is the standard means of remotely executing commands on one *nix 
system from another <http://www.openssh.com/>. It is included with all 
self-respecting *nix systems these days. You can set up a trust 
relationship between particular accounts on two systems, so one can 
connect to the other without a password. All communication is encrypted 
to lock out eavesdroppers.