> On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Richard Foulk wrote: > > > Aloha, > > > > I'm looking for a good way to determine the software packages installed > > on a machine. > > > > We're hoping to do this remotely on a network of clients by mounting a > > client's drive and rummaging around. > > > > Is there an easy/reliable way to do this with Cygwin? > > If you've set up sshd on the remote machine, 'ssh MACHINE "cygcheck -cd"' > ought to do it. Otherwise, looking at the drive is probably not going to > get you anything reliably (in a way that's guaranteed to always work). > For a non-portable hack using the current settings, look at the source of > the Cygwin setup program. > > Incidentally, most software leaves traces in the registry, at well-known > keys, so the easiest way to check for it is look in the registry (as it > may actually be installed anywhere). The same is the case with Cygwin > (look for "HK(LM|CU)/Software/Cygnus Solutions/Cygwin" -- even though the > mount information might be moved out at some point, the key itself will > probably stay around). Though how you intend to browse the registry on a > mounted drive is not very clear. > HTH, > Igor > --
Thanks very much for the response. This is a large network of clients. We're hoping not to have to install more software on all the clients to monitor them. Cygwin is a tool on our administrative machines. (Which is serving us well in this capacity so far.) Richard -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
