The thing is firstly I don't really know vb.net very well. All languages are basically the same when it comes down to it, but I would have the learn a bunch of stuff before I could even begin to give you a proper working example. I have used c# before to write a screensaver, but that's about it. There are a lot of examples on those pages btw.
Secondly, wouldn't me giving you a working example amount to me doing 95% of the work for you?
Thirdly, I use linux and I don't have a windows development environment handy. I have an XP guest in virtualbox, but I don't have .net installed. So not only would I have to learn a bunch of stuff about vb.net, I'd have to learn a bunch of stuff about .net dev in general.
You mention that we use too many big technical terms. Which ones are these? I'd be happy to explain them if you want. But to be honest, I can't really do more than point you in the right-ish direction and explain some concepts.
Jake On 08/05/10 04:16, ®£$ǖ"v@M$Ħ ¢© $. wrote:
Lol yeah english is my first language :P Okay, maybe im not getting you cause you guys are professionals while im just a junior in high school. Maybe some examples would throw some light on it. Maybe if you could reduce on the 'big' technical terms :P On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Jake Briggs <jakbri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jakbri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: Haha well I don't think you are getting me either! What I describe would achieve what you want. With closer inspection, this link http://www.thescarms.com/dotnet/Process.aspx describes how to solve your problem under the heading "Start an invisible process". In fact, I would recommend reading the section with the label "Controlling process input/output" Or, you could use the sharpssh library I linked to which is probably a bit cleaner but a bit fiddlyer. It will do exactly what you want. Is English your first language? Go and read ALL those links, then come back and ask more questions if you need to. On 07/05/10 14:30, ®£$ǖ"v@M$Ħ ¢© $. wrote: I don't think you guys are getting me. Lemme break it down a bit: On my application (on VB) i'm gong to have a few buttons. One of them to establish connection and run a file. When this button is pressed it gets into the code. It should automatically connect to the linux box, auto login, and automatically execute that file. While all this is happening the user should not see the linux box or the putty command line. It should all happen in the background. On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Jake Briggs <jakbri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jakbri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:jakbri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jakbri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote: The same way you were going to access putty or plink I guess. A google gives me many results, but I cannot evaluate them since I am not a vb.net <http://vb.net> <http://vb.net> expert : http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/7914 http://www.thescarms.com/dotnet/Process.aspx http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/8712-vbnet-how-to-execute-a-program-from/ There is probably even a way to have stdout redirected back into vb.net <http://vb.net> <http://vb.net> instead or doing a "command > out" Or you can use a library directly like in this article : http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/sharpssh.aspx which looks quite good. Jake On 07/05/10 13:50, ®£$ǖ"v@M$Ħ ¢© $. wrote: But how would i access it directly from my VB code? What you've given is the commands for the command line. Yea, i've tried putty but then that open the linux box and shows that to the user, which is not the requirement for the project unfortunately. Maybe if there was a way i could hard code the IP address and the username and password into PuTTy so would auto connect and login on launch? On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:18 AM, Jake Briggs <jakbri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jakbri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:jakbri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jakbri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> <mailto:jakbri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jakbri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:jakbri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jakbri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>> wrote: Instead of a username and password, you should use keys for passwordless logins. You could use http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/ and do something like : ssh user@hostname "scriptName.sh -a argument -b argument2" > output.txt The 2nd argument to ssh is the command to run on the machine, and the ">" redirects the output to the file output.txt. Here is how to generate keys : http://nosheep.net/story/password-less-ssh-login/ Here is an example. My work machine is called osama, my home machine's URL is obscured (its name is beastie), but there are keys on each : jakbri@osama:/data1/48hrs$ ssh jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> "ls" beastie-bttv.txt debian-multimedia-keyring_2008.10.16_all.deb Desktop linux-wbfs-manager Mail Music osama-bttv.txt Pictures play.sql plucker Projects sdl sync-from-ipod.sh sync-ipod.sh temp Videos jakbri@osama:/data1/48hrs$ This example ssh's to the machine at urlto.jake.com <http://urlto.jake.com> <http://urlto.jake.com> <http://urlto.jake.com>, using the username jake, no password since the keys take care of that. It runs the command "ls" which lists the contents of a directory and the results go to the terminal on osama where I ran the command. Another example, the command ls -ls *.txt lists the contents of the directory with filenames that end in .txt and the -l means in a list and the h in -lh means human readable file sizes : jakbri@osama:/data1/48hrs$ ssh jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> "ls -lh *.txt" -rw-r--r-- 1 jake jake 814 2009-07-26 13:15 beastie-bttv.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 jake jake 1.1K 2009-07-26 13:07 osama-bttv.txt jakbri@osama:/data1/48hrs$ and another, where I redirect the stdout to a file, then show the file : jakbri@osama:/data1/48hrs$ ssh jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> "ls -lh *.txt" > list.txt jakbri@osama:/data1/48hrs$ cat list.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 jake jake 814 2009-07-26 13:15 beastie-bttv.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 jake jake 1.1K 2009-07-26 13:07 osama-bttv.txt jakbri@osama:/data1/48hrs$ I think you could do something similar with plink - the putty command line. Jake On 07/05/10 04:54, ®£$ǖ"v@M$Ħ ¢© $. wrote: Glad to hear it's on topic :). I need to connect to the linux box to execute a program from a specific directory, with a known username and password. Also, i need to gather data from the application and display it back in my original program(located on my windows machine) Thanks for your time :) On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>> <mailto:alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>>> <mailto:alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>> <mailto:alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>>>>> wrote: This is somewhat on topic since networked games sometimes run linux servers and we all dev on windows (pretty much). What do you need to connect for? IE what task are you trying to preform? Depending on the answer to that question, I have a couple different ways you could achieve your goal (: 2010/5/6 ®£$ǖ"v@M$Ħ ¢© $. <theamericansushi@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:theamericansushi@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:theamericansushi@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:theamericansushi@xxxxxxxxx>> <mailto:theamericansushi@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:theamericansushi@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:theamericansushi@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:theamericansushi@xxxxxxxxx>>> <mailto:theamericansushi@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:theamericansushi@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:theamericansushi@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:theamericansushi@xxxxxxxxx>> <mailto:theamericansushi@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:theamericansushi@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:theamericansushi@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:theamericansushi@xxxxxxxxx>>>>> Sorry guys this isn't game development but i've already exhausted all my resources (google :P ). Okay, so here's a overview. I need remotely connect to a linux based machine from my windows machine via vb.net <http://vb.net> <http://vb.net> <http://vb.net> <http://vb.net> I've already tried PuTTy but that requires me to enter the username and password after establishing the connection. Maybe if there's a way i can hardcode the username and password so that it auto logins on opening? I really need help doing this so any form of help is really appreciated. BTW pls don't get angry im on the wrong list, you guys were the best help i got before for something else so i thought i'd give this a shot Thanks, Suvamsh -- Jacob Briggs Systems Engineer Core Technology Limited Level 1, NZX Centre 11 Cable Street Wellington Phone +64 4 801 2250 -- Private Object doAnythingConceivable(String whatToDo, Object whatToDoItWith) { ..... --------------------- To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html -- Jacob Briggs Systems Engineer Core Technology Limited Level 1, NZX Centre 11 Cable Street Wellington Phone +64 4 801 2250 -- Private Object doAnythingConceivable(String whatToDo, Object whatToDoItWith) { ..... --------------------- To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html -- Jacob Briggs Systems Engineer Core Technology Limited Level 1, NZX Centre 11 Cable Street Wellington Phone +64 4 801 2250 -- Private Object doAnythingConceivable(String whatToDo, Object whatToDoItWith) { ..... --------------------- To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html
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