If I have a asp.net web app on a windows box (obviously!), and I need to execute a shell script that is on a linux server, is that possible?
How can I do this safely?
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If I have a asp.net web app on a windows box (obviously!), and I need to execute a shell script that is on a linux server, is that possible?
How can I do this safely?
To build on what cxfx has said above your best bet might be to set up a web server on the linux box, and build a web service using, for example, php.
php allows you to run shell scripts – so by calling a web page runscript.php and then using exec (http://php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php) you could run the script.
Security is a consideration – you could restrict access to the linux web server purely to the IP address of the server hosting your asp.net site?
Hope that helps.