[ale] How to get Unix to KickOff an NT Process

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Monday 03 February 2003 03:12 pm, Armsby John-G16665 wrote:
> One of the IT guys here came with a question.... He has a cron job on a
> unix box which needs to start a process on an NT box.  Apparently there
> is either no trust in the NT cron or the NT guys refuse to schedule a
> job...
>
> Assuming there is no telnet capability on the NT box, the only idea I
> could come up with is that, IF there were a web server on the NT box..
>
> The unix box via a LWP perl script could invoke a CGI script on the NT
> Box.  That CGI script would start the necessary NT process.
>
> Anyone got a more elegant solution??

You mean something like:

1. Linux system (a)  sends big print job to printer (b)
2. Weight of paper in printer tray (c) causes tray to break, falling on
3. the keyboard (d) placed below (c)
4. pressing the Enter key (e) causing
5. program (f) to run on
6. NT box (g) attached to keyboard (d).

Hope that helps,

Michael
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