[ILUG] OT: Control XP Boxes from Linux?

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, Frank Murphy wrote:

> Is it possible?
> to boot\shutdown\start-programs on xp machines from Linux,
> any particular distro more suitable than another? (currently using fc5)

Yes.  You need a domain admin account and a relatively recent version of
samba.

http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/net.8.html

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, Frank Duignan wrote:

> Couple of musings
> 1) Does samba allow you start services on a remote XP machine (in the same
> vein as "net start")?

The manpage says this is not implemented 

    RAP SERVICE 
    RAP SERVICE START NAME [arguments...] 
    Start the specified service on the remote server. Not implemented yet. 

but I get the impression something like this (RPS not RAP) was implemented
in the last year or so.

	"New 'net rpc service' tool for managing Win32 services."
	http://us2.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.0.20.html

It also appears the converse may now work:

	o The capability to manage Unix services using the Win32 
    	  Service Control API.
	http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.0.21.html

> 2) Can an XP app poll for a file on a network share that you create/modify
> as a signal to make things happen?

Presumably, but this is really a windows scripting question.

Gavin