Lando is a command execution system for UNIX. It allows you to create a set of commands which may be executed from another machine on your LAN without actually having to log in via a telnet session. The output of the command (if any) is returned to the client for display in a window.
Currently, the only client that has been written is a Windows 9x/NT client that lives in the task tray:
Features of the UNIX server:
- Password authentication using standard /etc/passwd, shadow passwords or PAM.
- Access control using TCP Wrappers in either inetd(8) or standalone server mode.
- Commands may be run with or without authenticating the user.
- Commands will run as a specific user or as the authenicated user.
- New! Commands now may take arguments from the user.
- New! The server can do string expansion on both the command name and the command.
Why would you want to use lando? Why not just log in to the system and do whatever you need to do and log out?
I got tired of logging in to my gateway box just to bring up or take down my PPP connection. Likewise for mounting and unmounting Zip disks, checking the tail of the system log and other tiny things. This box is just a server, not my main interactive system, and it seemed there had to be a better way to do these small tasks than to start up telnet, log in, run a command or two, and then log out again. Lando is my solution.
Why is it called lando?
Originally it was called NetDo, a rip-off of sudo, since it allows a user to do things over a network connection. I renamed it lando because it is both faster to say and for the cheap Star Wars reference.
What about a client for _______?
I'd love to see clients available for all sorts of platforms. If you're interested in helping out, send me mail.
Please send comments, suggestions or problems with lando to steve (at) moonglade.com.
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