How feasible would it be to create a bash shell in a browser?

Question

Primarily, I'm a C/C++ programmer on Unix machines... But I'd kill for browser based shell access to a linux box...

So, the question is: How hard would it be, and what approaches would be the best for building real shell level access into a web page? Flash? Javascript?

I know this is really all opinion, but I'm curious if people think it might be possible?

Answer 1

You could embed a Java SSH applet...

Answer 2

There are a few scripts that can do this :

• http://antony.lesuisse.org/software/ajaxterm/
• http://anyterm.org/index.html
• http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/webshell/index.html
• http://www.techenclave.com/operating-systems/web-based-shell-interfaces-870.html