Re: Perl administration for Linux fileserver

From: Max Schubert (security@webwizarddesign.com)
Date: 05/27/45

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From: "Max Schubert" <security@webwizarddesign.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 13:09:52 +50578934

    Hi Jos,

        I started working on a perl wrapper class for SSH/Expect to
        allow me to create an API similar in nature to what you
        want .. the perl class wrapper allows you to log in to a remote
        machine over SSH (with password or PKI) and then do whatever
        you need to do .. I created this so I could create a management API
        that would allow for remote management of many machines from a central
        point .. over ssh, so that standard tools could be used and no special
        configuration would be necessary on the client machines :).

        I did this both in perl and then in python .. and found the
        python version to be much easier to do, much shorter, and
        more stable and functional.

        I have programmed perl for 8 years and I love it but for this
        one I couldn't get the perl version to handle pseudo-ttys on
        the remote machine properly :(.

        Thus far I just have enough code in place to:
        1) Login to the remote machine as a normal user
        2) su - root (python version only)
        3) Run commands on the remote server
        4) Have scripts created locally:
            a) Transferred to the remote machine
            b) run
            c) STDOUT/STDERR returned to the local caller
            d) The remote script is deleted.

    The code is definitely alpha quality but I would be happy to share with
    you the perl and python stuff I have.

    I couldn't get SSH/Perl/Expect to handle pseudo-ttys on the remote machine
    properly :( so su'ing to root with perl doesn't work over SSH in my
    code .. but the python version DOES work :) very nicely.

    Just email me privately if you'd like the code and I will make it available
    to you .. same for anyone else who might be interested in it.

    Regards,
    Max

    On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 17:29:32 +0100, Jos Kirps|EducDesign wrote:
    > I would like to set up a Linux based file server accessible for Linux,
    > Windows and Mac clients. The administration shall be done remotely
    > (web based GUI on a client machine) using Perl scripts. The Perl
    > scripts must be able to:
    >
    > - add and remove directories on the server (that's not the problem)
    > - add and remove users (username & password -> problem)
    > - set access rights for the created directories (-> also a problem)

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