#5 Unix command line NTsyslogctrl

[Anonymous]

It would be nice to be able to configure hundreds of
NTsyslogs from a script running on Unix/Linux servers.
Of course NTsyslog should require some kind of
authentication (maybe souce IP address).

[Troy Johnson]

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This could already be done with a combination of Samba and
OpenSSH:

1) Use smbclient (or scp or pscp) to push a "file.reg" file
(containing the settings you require) to the client, or just
put it on an accessable share (or any other viable
ftp/http/file protocal option).
2) Use ssh to merge the registry file (regedit /s file.reg).
3) Use ssh to restart the NTsyslog service ('net stop
NTsyslog', and 'net start NTsyslog').

and the settings are in effect. This would require OpenSSH
to be installed on all the Windows boxes, but that is much
better (from a security perspective) than enabling telnet on
the boxes. There may be other ways of remotely executing
commands, but I don't remember any off the top of my head.

[Troy Johnson]

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Here is a script (batch file) to facilitate making the
registry files:

@ECHO off
REM *** Export the current NTSyslog settings to a file

SET RE=regedit
SET KEY=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SaberNet
SET FILE=ntsyslog.reg

IF "%1"=="" GOTO default
SET FILE=%1

:default
ECHO Exporting registry key:
ECHO.
ECHO %KEY%
ECHO.
ECHO to file:
ECHO.
ECHO %FILE%
ECHO.

%RE% /e %FILE% %KEY%

ECHO Complete.
ECHO.
ECHO Now %FILE% can be edited, merged via gui, or use:
ECHO.
ECHO %RE% /s %FILE%
ECHO.
ECHO in a login script to import with no prompt.
ECHO.

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