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# 1  
Old 02-05-2009
Best possible communication mechanism between a Solaris machine and a windows machine

hi,

I have some windows client machines which require a signal to be sent by a Solaris machine( SunOS 5.6) when ever a particular event occurs on that Solaris machine. What are possible communication mechanisms by which i can do this.

the constraints are
> the windows machines have to subscribe/request for this before they get a signal.
> the number of windows machines may vary.

these signals are produced very frequently.

Thanks in advance.
Krsh Smilie
# 2  
Old 02-05-2009
you could install samba on the solaris machine, create a cifs share and mount it on all windows systems

when the event occurs, create a file in a directory and write a script on windows to look for that file frequently

other method is install ssh on windows, create a authorized key connection between solaris and windows, and run a command on each windows system


hostname.txt contains all hostnames

then write somthing like

Code:
for i in $(cat hostnames.txt) 
 do
  ssh "$i":/command
done

Edit: I doubt it's the BEST possible solution, the best solution would be a client server program over port communication written in high level programming language

Last edited by funksen; 02-05-2009 at 06:08 AM..
# 3  
Old 02-05-2009
you have a lot of possibitlities...

- send a mail to a user
- use a centralized syslog server
- use smtp
- ...

choose the solution you are familiar with. this would be the "best" solution for you!
# 4  
Old 02-05-2009
To add to the confusion: SNMP with traps
# 5  
Old 02-05-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by pludi
To add to the confusion: SNMP with traps
smtp in my last post should be snmp... damn shortcuts Smilie
# 6  
Old 02-05-2009
Thanks a ton guys,

> my problem is, i cannot have Samba on the Solaris box for some security reasons.
> quite new to this SNMP, not sure whether it is involving an introduction to an agent on the server.

Can we have a socket communication between Solaris box and the windows clients.( i have never tried this, not sure whether it is dumb q Smilie).
# 7  
Old 02-05-2009
then take any windows share and mount it on both windows and solaris, the shared directory may come from any other samba/windows server

it's also possible to share nfs from windows with additional software like hummingbird
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