ps in windows

[Jeff Sandys]

Not really a Python question except I will use Python to write the
script.

I have several Windows98SE PCs and a Linux PC on a home network.
I want the Linux PC running a cron job to query the Windows PCs to find
out what programs they are running.
Any pointers on how to do this?

Thanks,
Jeff Sandys

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gerhard_H=E4ring?=]

Not really a Python question except I will use Python to write the
script.

I have several Windows98SE PCs and a Linux PC on a home network.
I want the Linux PC running a cron job to query the Windows PCs to find
out what programs they are running.
Any pointers on how to do this?

If I had this problem what I'd do is go to http://groups.google.com/ and
search for the keywords "python win32 list processes" ;-)

-- Gerhard

 

[Tim Golden]

I want the Linux PC running a cron job to query the Windows PCs to find
out what programs they are running.

Doubtless there are several possibilities. Personally, I'd use WMI on
the windows boxes (cf http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/wmi.html)
and either Pyro (http://pyro.sf.net) or xml-rpc
(http://www.pythonware.com/products/xmlrpc/index.htm) at either end to
communicate from-to.

TJG