updating MS boxes through linux?

I am familiar and have used smbclient to perform remote copies/installs
of software/files to PCs, but this simply copies the files. If I have
something like a program to execute that updates virus definitions
on the remote PC, is there a way using Linux/unix that I can cause
the programs to execute? I know there is some sort of facility for
rexec, but I'd rather not do it that way if possible.

Mike

Mike wrote:

> I am familiar and have used smbclient to perform remote copies/installs
> of software/files to PCs, but this simply copies the files. If I have
> something like a program to execute that updates virus definitions
> on the remote PC, is there a way using Linux/unix that I can cause
> the programs to execute? I know there is some sort of facility for
> rexec, but I'd rather not do it that way if possible.

No, Linux can not run Windows code - rexec is meaningless in this context.

Yes, there are emulators that DO run Windows code, provided you deal with
all the needed dependencies, libraries, dll's and such.
(Since it's all patented to hell and back, you have to get all this stuff
from M$ anyway).

Investigate Wine, or WineX.

BTW a decent antivirus product will have a Linux version that you can use to
download updates to a Linux machine and then redistribute that to your
Windoze clients...


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Jeroen Geilman

Gentoo 1.4 rc4

In article <3f6b4785$0$58701$(E-Mail Removed)>, Jeroen Geilman wrote:
> Mike wrote:
>
>> I am familiar and have used smbclient to perform remote copies/installs
>> of software/files to PCs, but this simply copies the files. If I have
>> something like a program to execute that updates virus definitions
>> on the remote PC, is there a way using Linux/unix that I can cause
>> the programs to execute? I know there is some sort of facility for
>> rexec, but I'd rather not do it that way if possible.
>
> No, Linux can not run Windows code - rexec is meaningless in this context.
>
> Yes, there are emulators that DO run Windows code, provided you deal with
> all the needed dependencies, libraries, dll's and such.
> (Since it's all patented to hell and back, you have to get all this stuff
> from M$ anyway).
>
> Investigate Wine, or WineX.
>
> BTW a decent antivirus product will have a Linux version that you can use to
> download updates to a Linux machine and then redistribute that to your
> Windoze clients...
>
>

I want to do it the other way. I want to perform the equlvilent(?)
of an SMS push to windows boxes from a linux box. I want to create
the necessary installers, scripts, etc., on the linux box then push
those files to windows for installation/upgrade of windows applications.

Mike