I apologize for not have been clear previously. What I am trying to access are the Windows system environment variables. The same ones that are listed out if you type the set command at a command prompt in Windows.
--Bill On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 03:11, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > "Bill Allen" <walle...@gmail.com> wrote > > I have times when it is useful for me to check the environment of a user >> system on our lan remotely while trouble shooting and issue with them. >> Now, >> this is quite easy to do while I am using a windows system via the >> computer >> management console. >> > > I think we are meaning different things by "environment"? > Can you give a specific example? > > > However, I am trying to do this via a linux workstation >> (which is joined to the domain, etc.). I cannot find a native >> facility to duplicate the computer management functions, so I thought I >> would write a program to fill the need. >> > > Anything you can do locally you can do on the remote > machine with a combination of ssh, rsh, rlogin, telnet etc. > ssh is the safest but requires a bit more admin to set it > up properly for maximum convenience. > > Having got remote access its just a case of figuring out > which of the 500 or so Unix commands you need to > use to do the job... :-) > > > HTH, > > -- > Alan Gauld > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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