[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

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

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 IronPython? Or is