Question : Need help allowing a perl script running in IIS execute a .exe

My perl script attempts to execute c:\plink.exe in order to connect over SSH to a remote Linux host and execute a command.

The script seems to be stuck trying to execute the plink.exe command. The same code runs fine under Apache 2.0. I'm sure there is something I need to do in my IIS configuration to allow it to run the .exe, but I'm not sure what steps I need to take.

I can see it's getting hung up on that command because I'm not outputting the "DEBUG" on the next line in the code. The output I am getting just says...

Executing: C:\plink.exe -l developer -pw devpwd serverA "sudo installApp.pl --ear=CCSEAR.ear --env=demo"

Code snippet is included below:

Code Snippet:

         
             $cmd= "C:\\plink.exe -l developer -pw devpwd serverA  \"sudo installApp.pl --ear=CCSEAR.ear --env=demo\" ";
print "Executing: $cmd\n";
system("$cmd");
print "DEBUG\n";

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Answer : Need help allowing a perl script running in IIS execute a .exe

One other thing that might work...

You said:
>>you will be promopted if you want to add the servers ssh key to your cache.
To have the webserver answer the question, you could use:
system("echo yes|$cmd");
where yes would be whatever you need to enter to answer the plink question.

Question : Need help allowing a perl script running in IIS execute a .exe

Answer : Need help allowing a perl script running in IIS execute a .exe

One other thing that might work...You said:>>you will be promopted if you want to add the servers ssh key to your cache.To have the webserver answer the question, you could use: system("echo yes|$cmd");where yes would be whatever you need to enter to answer the plink question.

One other thing that might work...

You said:
>>you will be promopted if you want to add the servers ssh key to your cache.
To have the webserver answer the question, you could use:
system("echo yes|$cmd");
where yes would be whatever you need to enter to answer the plink question.