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Executing programs from other computer using ftp

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gmrickards

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I was wondering if you can execute a program using another computer using ftp? What command in ftp do you use or how is it done? I am using Serv-U and have the user allowed to execute but can't figure out how to do it from other computer using ftp? Please help!
 
Executing from FTP is sort of misleading. You still need to download the file, it just executes either during the download or immediately after the download is complete.

How you do it is simply right click the file you wish to execute and there should be an execute option. I'm not sure if this is possible from the DOS FTP program however. If it is, I don't know the command.
 
I tried doing it through ftp but am unable. I am actually trying to execute a matlab program using another computer. Is there any other way to access a file from another computer, update it, send it back, and execute it on the other computer? Any suggestions at all? Thanks for the help.
 
You could try using a remote access application: Xserver/Xwindows, Terminal Server, VNC, etc.

You could also use FTP to move the files back and forth, then execute through telnet.

A few more details about operating systems, privileges on host/server computer, ec. would be helpful.

~Ladi
 
I'll second VNC, i use it all the time... great program. Only downside is you really have to have LAN connections for both pc's, over a modem VNC is really slow.
 
Thanks. I'll try VNC. I actually have the two computers I am connecting together through LAN. However, in the future I probably won't. Thanks!
 
well actually if you're using SunOS, you can "execute other programs over the network" with ftp.... not the regular ftp though, but use lftp (ell-ftp). according to the man page, it's "sophisticated ftp program", and it can do those stuffs....

but it's SunOS only, so remote shells may be a different options you can use for unix systems

other than that... VNC, Xwindows, and Hummingbird are good stuffs to use 🙂

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Thanks. On one machine I am using MS Windows 2000 and on the other MS NT. I am looking into VNC. Never heard about it before and looks really neat and probably will work. Thanks again for all the help.🙂
 
I prefer PC X servers. It's kinda like VNC, but you can choose to display single windows instead of the whole X display. Xwin32 works with SSH. Unfortunately, PC X servers are not free (some used to be). Xwin32 will operate for 2 hours at a time, I think. VNC is cool, but very slow even on a 100Mb switched lan...at least for me.
 
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