Execute remote Perl scripts

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Re: Execute remote Perl scripts by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Oct 09, 2002 at 15:07 UTC
The same way as you would execute any other program on said machine. It isn't Perl specific, but it's specific on the remote (and local) machine configuration - and any routers/firewalls in between. Typical ways include using `rsh` (called `remsh` on some OSses), or UUCP (who remembers working with UUCP?). Unsafe methods, both of them. A someone safer method is the use of `ssh` - but that's harder to script if you want to make it secure. But there are other ways. HTTP for instance, in combination with CGI. Or the use of `inetd`. You could even share a disk with a remote machine and trigger execution that way. Note that none of the method is Perl specific, and none of the methods is a "will work anywhere" solution. Abigail	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Execute remote Perl scripts by jj808 (Hermit) on Oct 09, 2002 at 15:08 UTC
Depends what OS you're using :-) For UNIX, try using the system's rsh command (remote shell), or ssh (secure shell). Or you could use Net::Telnet to login to a remote machine and execute the script that way. If that's too insecure, look at the SSH modules. PVM and Parallel::Pvm might be worth a try as well if you want to get into distributed processing. JJ Update: Or XML-RPC. Or SOAP. There are quite a few ways to run remote programs...	[reply]
Re: Execute remote Perl scripts by shushu (Scribe) on Oct 09, 2002 at 15:13 UTC
I use PlRPC module to do it. It gives you the ability to control objects and so on another machine, and it is proved as very useful. shushu	[reply]
Re: Execute remote Perl scripts by JaWi (Hermit) on Oct 09, 2002 at 15:54 UTC
Just the other day I was coming across Penguin; which aims to provide a "secure" way to execute remote processes. I didn't really checked it out any further, but it could be of interrest! Good Luck! -- JaWi "A chicken is an egg's way of producing more eggs."	[reply]