checkout http://sf.net/projects/matr
It is being developed to help reduce and organize administrative tasks. It allows you to manage the computers connected to your network using a Jabber Client as your admin interface. It works like this:
1) Create scripts that determine which computers have a problem.
2) Send scripts to the MATTER clients in your Global Buddy List.
3) MATTER executes those scripts which reports the result back though the MATTER client by assigning a new buddy to their roster.
ie. Matter.AddBuddy("No_XPSP2")
4) Login to your Jabber Client as No_XPSP2 and immediately see who has the problem.
5) Fix though the same interface once you have one.
Check the MATTER project out often - we are concentrating on MS OS's in the beta stage and we are looking for a little technical know-how to get it working on Linux next.
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It is being developed to help reduce and organize administrative tasks. It allows you to manage the computers connected to your network using a Jabber Client as your admin interface. It works like this:
1) Create scripts that determine which computers have a problem.
2) Send scripts to the MATTER clients in your Global Buddy List.
3) MATTER executes those scripts which reports the result back though the MATTER client by assigning a new buddy to their roster. ie. Matter.AddBuddy("No_XPSP2")
4) Login to your Jabber Client as No_XPSP2 and immediately see who has the problem.
5) Fix though the same interface once you have one.
Check the MATTER project out often - we are concentrating on MS OS's in the beta stage and we are looking for a little technical know-how to get it working on Linux next.
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