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dunhill
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Remote Shell

Post by dunhill »

Firstly let me say HostMonitor is Fantastic, I am currently testing it.

Is it possible to Remote Shell across to a Linux machine?

I know RMA's are available, but that means I need to get the Lunix Admin to install the (RMA) software, which they wont do, If I could remote shell that would help me get some performance stats using "top" without having to install any software on the Linux machine and then I will be able to run all the tests from HostMonitor from my PC.

Is there any other options? I would like to check load average and memory usage on a number of different boxes/machines

Thank you.
KS-Soft Europe
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Re: Remote Shell

Post by KS-Soft Europe »

dunhill wrote:Firstly let me say HostMonitor is Fantastic, I am currently testing it.
Thank you! :-) We appreciate your opinion.
dunhill wrote:Is it possible to Remote Shell across to a Linux machine?
Sorry, HostMonitor does not provide such an option. IMHO, rsh, rexec, lrogin services are now obsolete. These services do not provide much security, so I do not think Linux admins allow you to connect to Linux machines using these services. Another thing is SSH. SSH is pretty secure and considered as a replacement for telnet, rlogin, rsh, rexec, etc. services. So, we plan to add "SSH Check" test method, however, I am not sure when it will be implemented.
dunhill wrote:Is there any other options? I would like to check load average and memory usage on a number of different boxes/machines.
If SNMP agent is running on target Linux system, you may use "SNMP Get" test method to gather necessary information. You just should provide proper OID. http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... tm#chkSNMP

Regards,
Max
JuergenF
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Re: Remote Shell

Post by JuergenF »

KS-Soft Europe wrote:... So, we plan to add "SSH Check" test method, however, I am not sure when it will be implemented.
I vote for that
Dubolomov
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Re: Remote Shell

Post by Dubolomov »

JuergenF wrote:
KS-Soft Europe wrote:... So, we plan to add "SSH Check" test method, however, I am not sure when it will be implemented.
I vote for that
+1
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