remote deployment from linux to windows

[Paul Lussier]

Christopher Chisholm <christopher.chisholm at syamsoftware.com> writes:

> The idea is that my company's software would be a standard .msi type
> of package, and we could have a single linux system that says "okay, i
> want the IP range 192.168.100.50 - 192.168.100.200 to install this".
> The theory is to have a cheap deployment tool.  I've been googling all
> day but haven't found much about this subject.  Does anyone have any
> ideas about this, even just some keywords or protocols I can search
> for more information?

Well, if you're systems are installed with an sshd, it's a matter of
using scp to copy the .msi over, then an ssh command to launch the
installer.  I assume your package has been designed to not ask
questions which require readin input from wetware?

Another option would be to set up a Samba server with the .msi on it,
then manually logging into each remote system using something like
rdesktop, and manually navigating to that image in order to install
it.  I'm sure there's some dos batch file scripting that can done to
automate this part.

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Seeya,
Paul
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