Question

How can a VB6 application that runs on a Windows XP machine, run a script on a Linux machine (Redhat 5.3) via SSH?

VB application should take the following arguments

1. Linux login
2. Linux password
3. Script path

And then run the script path via SSH.

For example

ARG1 Login –        root
ARG2 Password –     USA123
ARG3 Script path -  /var/tmp/task.pl 

VB6 will run the script /var/tmp/task.pl on the Linux machine.

Answer 1

You can try using the “shell” function to create a command windows and then send ssh commands and parameters to it via the “sendKeys” function. However, this will be an error prone solution.

If you want a more permanent fix, take a look at this VB Library for SSH manipulation. You may find it of use. Here is a link to a sample project.

EDIT:

I don’t have the VB6 IDE so I reused a VBScript file I had created earlier. It can either be run as is or can be very easily converted to VB6 code.

Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.Run "C:\Windows\System32\telnet.exe"
WScript.Sleep(1000)
objShell.SendKeys "o telnet.example.com"
WScript.Sleep(1000)
objShell.SendKeys "{enter}"
WScript.Sleep(10000)
objShell.SendKeys "user"
WScript.Sleep(2000)
objShell.SendKeys "{enter}"
WScript.Sleep(1000)
objShell.SendKeys "pass"
WScript.Sleep(2000)
objShell.SendKeys "{enter}"
WScript.Sleep(1000)
objShell.SendKeys "./var/tmp/task.pl"
WScript.Sleep(1000)
objShell.SendKeys "{enter}"
WScript.Sleep(1000)