Re: Need a SSH emulator that can be launched from WEB

From: Darren Dunham (ddunham_at_redwood.taos.com)
Date: 04/19/05 

Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 23:37:04 GMT

weiping.hu@sun.com wrote:
> Hi:
> Here is what I want to do:
>>>From a web page, user can choose a server and click on a button "open
> connection". A SSH window show up with the user logged into the server
> already(via SSH), and user can enter the command they want.

> There are 2 points here:
> 1. I want to implicitly log the user into the server to save them from
> typing the user name and password, since I know that already.
> 2. For some restriction, user can't directly ssh into the server they
> chosen, they have to ssh into a management server (in the same machine
> as the web server), and then ssh into the server they chosen from the
> management server. I want to do this for the user. So this redirect is
> hidden from them.

> Do you know any product that can do this? Any information is
> appreciated.

Appgate's MindTerm can run SSH stuff in a browser window, so that might
be at least some of what you want. I haven't ever configured it, so I
don't know if it will do #1 or not. If it does, you should be able to
set up tunnels or scripts to get #2 to work. 

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Darren Dunham                                           ddunham@taos.com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
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