remote-access

Tumblr Integration: What is best practice for caching data from API?

Hello! I have a websites that has a blog section, which pulls the data using the Tumblr API. My client just updates her Tumblr blog and the website would just access the Tumblr API to populate the blog page on the website. Also, any blog items tagged as news will show up on the home page. I could be wrong, but I am sure there are limi...

domained LocalSystem vs. non-domained LocalSystem account in Windows-es ?

[1] tells well known (see, for. ex, also [2], etc) fact that upon installation, i.e. in workgroup, a Windows has LocalSystem (SYSTEM) account which: "The LocalSystem account is a predefined local account that has extensive privileges on the local computer. This account is only available to system processes and does not have a pass...

Does access to server resources require client process to login to server machine?

Reposting my unanswered in technet.microsoft question? MSDN "ASP.NET Delegation" article tells: 1) "When you configure to use a particular account as the process identity, ASP.NET attempts to delegate that account. If it is a local account that is identical (including password) to a local account on a remote machine, delegation i...

Is client LocalSystem (SYSTEM) identified by target/server machine? and in which context?

[1] tells: "When you configure to use a particular account as the process identity, ASP.NET attempts to delegate that account. If it is a local account that is identical (including password) to a local account on a remote machine, delegation is possible. If such an account does not exist on the remote machine, to the network it appe...

Terminal Command or Apple Script to run XCode?

Is is possible to make XCode run by executing an AppleScript or some sort of terminal command? Can you pass XCode startup arguments, like a project to open, or to build a project on startup? Edit: Please excuse my laziness, but Apple Script samples are appreciated. ...

How to access entity beans from a remote client ?

i have this in the server: class Person{...} and @Stateless public class HelloServiceBean implements HelloServiceLocal, HelloServiceRemote { public Person getPerson(String name) { return new Person(name); } } And i have this in my client (in some different JVM): public static void main(String[] a) throws Exceptio...

Impersonation the current user using WindowsImpersonationContext to access network drive

I need to access a remote drive from a Web App. The drive isn't accessible to the ASP.NET process, so I want to impersonate the current user for the request. I saw some basic examples using WindowsImpersonationContext, and have tried the following. WindowsImpersonationContext impersonationContext = null; try { impersonationConte...

How can I enable my Access Database to be updated by a remote user?

I am an experienced computer programmer, but have done very little web-related development, so I would appreciate your ideas. Our family runs a tiny, seasonal retail business, managing the orders using an Access Database. We would love to allow our customers to place orders online. The catch is that we package the goods for shipping o...

[Django] Uploading and processing files on remote server

I have a somewhat complex problem or at least it appears like this. In my project I'm dealing with really big image files uploaded by users. Storage is provided by separate media server which also generates thumbnails. Thumbnails are not created immediately, so there will be a cron function to check if they're ready. There are also files...

Get current user's credentials object in Powershell without prompting

I have a Powershell script that is going to be run through an automation tool against multiple servers. It works fine on Windows machines, as the remote calls use the tool's service account without any need for prompting or exposing any credentials in code. This script also runs against Linux machines via SSH using the SharpSSH package. ...

remotely run a script sitting in a windows server from a unix box or from another desktop (Say windowS)

I have to run a batch job which sits in the windows server from my unix box. Or from my local machine. The win server has a userName/Pwd . How do i programmatically connect to the windows machine and run the batch? (The batch will change some file permissions in that machine) Please let me know if there is a better way of handling this ...

Is it possible to virtualize multiple sessions of OS using one image?

I've been digging in virtual machines and virtualization in general, so my question is: Say I have Windows XP image that has multiple users, can I run multiple sessions simultaneously through virtual machines or any other way? I don't know where to start looking, any help is appreciated. Regards. ...