How to pass commands/scripts to Linux servers from ASP.NET

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We are trying to pass commands or shell scripts execution to Linux server from ASP.net.

For example, if we pass command ls from ASP.NET to Linux server, then it must provide a list of files present in the respective path to ASP.NET as output.

Can anyone share the idea how we can achieve this?

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– Jesse Webb, Commented Jan 24, 2013 at 17:49
possible duplicate of calling unix shell script from c# apparently SharpSSH will do it — Conrad Frix
– Conrad Frix, Commented Jan 24, 2013 at 18:05

Alexei Levenkov · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-24 17:50:06Z

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telnet and other remote shell protocols are there for this.

Note: without proper security considerations it is very dangerous idea.

answered Jan 24, 2013 at 17:50

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gaborsch · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-24 18:06:50Z

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If you only need to access to the file system, consider using Samba. You can mount the remote file system to the Windows machine.

Another possibility is to access the files through FTP.

answered Jan 24, 2013 at 18:06

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Conrad Frix Over a year ago

That would answer the question How do I get a list of files on a server?. Not the title question How to pass commands/scripts to Linux servers from ASP.NET?

gaborsch Over a year ago

You are right, but we don't know the OP's intentions - why they want to do this. From the example I assumed that they need access to the file system. My answer will be a solution if they don't want to execute arbitrary executables (which may impose security problems).

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