And actually implemented it better than I had in mind. My name is Arthur Pemberton, and I was just browsing through the Google Summer of Code 2008. And it looks a lot like this idea that I had in mind, except that i did actually start coding it, except for starting a file tree [1]. So I am curious as to if working on this to kind of merge in my (incomplete) idea would be a welcomed GSoC project. So here is the idea I had: First of all, I named my idea LiCo (short for Linux Commander). The idea was to make point and click admin types comfortable with managing groups of machines (so forgive any proceeding Windows analogies). I was going to create a UI, the only part I actually started, with PyQt and use python over SSH to command n number of Linux machines to do simple operations: 'update machine', 'sync time', 'copy remote file' A typical use case would be: 1) browse through machines and machine groups 2) choose machines machine groups (list of machines would be flattened internally) 3) Create a batch of actions to run against those machines 4) Hit the 'Run' button 5) Operations begin executing in the background (probably with the ability to attach a viewing window to any machine) Features I had in mind: * plugin architecture (each plugin would handle its actions, and draw any required dailog boxes) * capable of handling valid combinations of: password login, key login, root login (sudo, su -) * run well across Windows, Linux and MacOS * could be "compiled" with py2exe for Windows. * be able to organize machines into non-exclusive groups One significant differences between my idea and Func's actual implemntation (if I've read correctly) is that I was hoping to use ssh only, so the controlled machine would need no additional software, but I am not even yet sure how feasible that is so Func's approach seems more realistic. Anyways, if the devs are interested and willing to mentor this as a GSoC project let me know. If not I'll be looking through your code and see how things are done as 'LiCo' was to be a long term learning project for me -- so your code would be very educational. -- Fedora 9 : sulphur is good for the skin ( www.pembo13.com ) _______________________________________________ Func-list mailing list Func-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/func-list
