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For many years, a war has been growing between different operating systems, the main ones being the GNU/Linux distributions, MS Windows and OS X. In each camp, everyone is convinced of the superiority of their primary operating system, and they often publicly criticize concurrent operating systems.
KontrolPack's goal is not to choose a specific camp. Instead, its purpose is to allow specific operating systems to work with each other. The main functionality of this software is to provide an adaptable user interface that interacts directly with kernels of all the major operating systems by sending appropriate shell commands remotely.
Here is an example: you can, from a GNU/Linux distribution, send the order to a hundred computers running MS Windows to restart or to defrag their root partition. . You can also get IP addresses and routing tables of a bunch of computers in order to manage an area network. Also, if single commands are not enough, it is possible to execute batch files and scripts simultaneously throughout the network.
The potential of KontrolPack knows no limit, and because the shell commands for each operating system are constantly evolving the capabilities are endless.
Today :20/August/2008. The latest version is "KontrolPack 1.2.1".
While this is a stable
release, the whole project and idea is still a work in progress.
Many improvements must be made before KontrolPack
becomes a truly functional and useful application, but with the continuing support of the open-source community we
will be there in no time!
KontrolPack handles remote shell command execution with MS Windows, GNU/Linux based desktops or servers.
Features planned for the next releases :
- Secure data transfer between the server and clients using SSL.
- Graphical client properties settings.
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LEGAL WARNING: Users are completely responsible for their use of the JKontrol source and application. This software was designed by us in order to help network and system administrators, but we are not accountable for any damages that might be caused due to the use or misuse of this software.
We are not lawyers, so if you are in doubt you should seek legal advice before downloading it. JKontrol can be used to help a network-wide administration system handle and command remote computers by sending shell command through a TCP/IP session.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
Users who are using this software on a major operating system will be able to
perform administrative tasks remotely on multiple computers that run on different
operating system without any technical issues.
KontrolPack is composed of a windowed multi-client server, written in java, (Java
technology has been chosen for its portability) and a cross-platform client developed
in the native C programming language (chosen for its run time and efficient behaviour
in low-level applications).
The JKontrol server requires Java 1.5 or more recent versions to run correctly.
