Re: [python-win32] Python for System Administration

2006-12-12 Thread Michael Foord
Simon Dahlbacka wrote: >> >> >> > Unsurprisingly perhaps, a lot of my recommendations >> > involve WMI. Now I've no idea if WMI is still a concept >> > under .NET or how it's invoked if it is. At present, >> > you use the pywin32 GetObject method to invoke it. >> > Is that still possible under Iron

Re: [python-win32] Python for System Administration

2006-12-12 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
> Unsurprisingly perhaps, a lot of my recommendations > involve WMI. Now I've no idea if WMI is still a concept > under .NET or how it's invoked if it is. At present, > you use the pywin32 GetObject method to invoke it. > Is that still possible under IronPython? Or is there > some -- possibly bu

Re: [python-win32] Python for System Administration

2006-12-12 Thread Michael Foord
Tim Golden wrote: > [Michael Foord] > > | Sorry for the intrusion. > > Not often we see you around these parts! > I'm one of those dodgy lurkers. :-) Most of my win32 experience is through IronPython, but there is a wealth of information on this list. > | I'm working on a book proposal about

Re: [python-win32] Python for System Administration

2006-12-12 Thread Tim Golden
[Michael Foord] | Sorry for the intrusion. Not often we see you around these parts! | I'm working on a book proposal about IronPython, with Manning. Excellent news. | I'd like to also include some sections about 'general' system | administration tasks (on windows computers and networks) that

[python-win32] Python for System Administration

2006-12-12 Thread Michael Foord
Hello all, Sorry for the intrusion. I'm working on a book proposal about IronPython, with Manning. One of the chapters will be about Windows System Administration with Python, and will probably include some sections about Powershell. It will show how to use the Powershell libraries from IronPy