sending a message from unix to windows

[sde]

i want to write what seems to be a very simple network application.

i want to be able to execute a script on my linux server, and send some signal to my windows box, and have a popup notification happen.

any ideas on what i should use on the linux side to start off with?

[Kernel_Killer]

I'm not sure how intricate of a notification you want, but you can always sent via SAMBA like so:

smbclient -M <NetBIOS name> <message>

[sde]

does that work outside a local network? and where would the ip go if so?

thanks!

[Belisarius]

Samba is windows networking, so it's designed for a LAN.

You could make a VPN. But that's out of my league.

[redhead]

Originally posted by sde
and where would the ip go if so?

Usualy the "netbiosname" is exchanged with the IP of the machine, so if TCP 139 is open to the outside, it should be posible with just the IP.

Then again, who would willingly make filesharing available across the internet, well aware that there are plenty of worms out there just waiting for a security hole like that....

[sde]

that clears it up a little more.

here's more detail about what i am trying to do:
i have multiple half-life servers running on the remote debian box. 1 of those half-life servers is reserved for friends only using AMX mod for half-life.

i can write an amx plugin which executes a program when someone joins the server, but now i need to write the program that executes.

i plan to write a windows application in c# which pops up some sort of message when someone joins the server.

i was hoping to work with sockets ultimately to do this, but i suppose i could always just write the info to mysql and have the windows client query that table at a set interval.

i just loaded up mono ( www.go-mono.com ) on the debian box so i may be able to use the .net remoting stuff .. but it's all conceptual still.

[Belisarius]

Why can't you use sockets? Maybe sockets are different in C#, but in Java, they're just a connection to a port over TCP or UDP.

I don't know C#, but in Java there must be a million different ways to write such a program, with numerous frameworks, plain ole' sockets included.

[sde]

yes, i just need to learn how to use them =)

thanks for the info.

[inkedmn]

sockets would easily be the best idea here, especially since you don't even have to write the different pieces in the same language.

connecting to a server via sockets in python is easy as pie:

import socket

s = socket.socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect((hostname, portnumber))
s.write("some data\n")
s.read(1024)  #bytes sent back from the server
s.close()

it really is that easy. and having a python socket listen on a specific port is just as easy...

[sde]

looks like we're neighbors =)

thanks for the advice.

[joe_bruin]

one word: netcat

echo -e "GET / HTTP/1.0\nHOST: codenewbie.com\n\n" | nc codenewbie.com 80