Re: Initiating pgm's on servers from the AS400

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I don't understand what WebCrawler has to do with initiating a command 
on a server.  (WebCrawler is a search engine... and "web crawler" is a 
type of software that collects information from the Internet... so I 
guess I don't know what you're referring to!)

Obviously there are about a million ways to run a command.  The most 
obvious are:

1) RUNRMTCMD/rexec
2) STRPCCMD (requires an emulation window)
3) ssh (depending on if the server supports it)
4) web services

Of those, the first two aren't especially secure, and aren't easy for 
programs to interact with.

The last two are much more secure, but also more complex to set up and 
administer.


On 9/16/2010 6:42 AM, fbocch2595@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Folks, I've been asked for a way to initiate the running of a pgm
> on a server from the AS400.  What are the ways that this can be done?
> I tried webcrawler some time ago but that was clugy and was quickly
> dropped. Any help appreciated.