Re: PHP shell_exec

h wrote: > I have been using the shell_exec command to perform several server queries quite succesfully > i.e. analysing files systems by gettin ginformation returned by df -kP (shell_exec('df > -kP')). do any of you guts know if it is possible to target a command like this on another > server? > > So from server A where I am running a web app, needs to run the shell_exec('df -kP') > on server B, which also has php installed, so that i can display the results in my web app on server > A. Hope that makes sense! > > Also, how would i fopen a file such as /proc/cpuinfo on Server B from Server A. If you need to inspect e.g. free space on remote servers it may be more sensible to use SNMP or some such similar protocol/system that is designed for exactly this purpose rather than try to hack up a system in PHP (tho' I do love my hacking!) Have a look at Nagios. I'd imagine your servers will have some degree of health monitoring/reporting installed anyway for your own peace of mind, so it shouldn't be too hard to hook into that system. Col