On 2/11/09 2:31 PM, "Gary Detro" <de...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > I am trying to use zLinux to run a rexx program on another machine in my z/VM > 5.4 system. I am thinking about using SETSECUSER and the CP SEND commands > to be executed from HCP utility in a zLinux guest. Has anyone done anything > in this environment. What is behind this question is that we use SSH to have > zLinux execute scripts that get kicked off from a web-browser as a form of > automation.
One way to give Linux the ability to drive a VM session is to enable linemode telnet on a separate TCPIP stack connected only to a private guest LAN inside the box and use the Linux 'expect' utility. That will give you much better control over how the Linux guest reacts to problems, it's interactive (you can even drive XEDIT), and it's very easy to parse. REXEC would work, but has some problems. You could also use RPCs or the SMAPI API. I think in the long run, using the SMAPI API might give you the most stable method. It would give you a well supported fixed API that you can extend in a well defined way. Jack Woehr's pigiron code gives you a nice little linemode client you can use to drive the SMAPI interfaces from the command line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
