[Fusioninventory-devel] FuisionInventory Agent GUI

[Amir Pakdel]

On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Amir Pakdel <pakdel at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Gonéri Le Bouder <goneri at rulezlan.org>wrote:
>
>> 2011/5/31 Amir Pakdel <a.pakdel at karafarinbank.net>:
>> > Dear developers,
>> >
>> > Please check the new version. Here is a summary of changes:
>> >
>> > "Remote Unix / Linux Host" radio button is disabled (but still there).
>> IMHO
>> > it would inform the user that this is not supported.
>> > Embedded "fusioninventory-agent_windows-i386_2.1.8-2.exe",
>> > "winexe-static-081123" and "PsExec.exe" into the agentWizard executable.
>> > They can be easily replaced by any other executable: merely need to be
>> > aliased as "inst-win.exe", "winexe" and "psexec.exe" in the
>> > "FusionInventory.qrc" resource.
>> >
>> > This version does installation on a remote Windows Host from a Linux
>> (when
>> > executed on a Linux, it can install FusionInventory on a remote Windows
>> > host) without requiring any files other than the "agentWizard" itself.
>> Here, on my Linux, I get "Could not copy the embedded winexe file into a
>> regular file".
>> The process failed to start. Either the invoked program is missing, or you
>> may have insufficient permissions to invoke the program.
>>
>  Dear Gonéri,

Are you sure that winexe is embedded in the resource file and it is aliased
as
"winexe" under "/fusinv" prefix (which makes its full URL
":/fusinv/winexe")?
Would you please test the attached binary.


I was on vacation. I will look into the source code again tomorrow and I
> will
> try to generate better error messages.
>
>
>> I also think the "Local Host" option should be turned off since I run
>> Linux.
>>
> It can be easily done but IMHO keeping the option of local agent execution
> on Linux systems might be beneficial.
>
>
>> Is it possible to declare a network range of machine? Is it possible
>> to use nmap to find the Windows host on the network? It's maybe
>> over complicated.
>>
> I would keep a TODO list :)
>
>
>>
>> > As a result, installation tab is removed completely.
>> > Now I am going to implement installation on a remote Windows Host from a
>> > windows.
>> I think the "Files and Filders" tab can be removed too since we don't use
>> it.
>>
> If installation path of the agent can not be specified during installation
> via
> command line, this "Files and Filders" tab can be removed. Moreover, if
> the option of local agent execution on Linux systems is kept, this tab
> might
> come in handy.
>
>
>> Some of the messages need to be clarified. I suggest these changes:
>>
>> "Server" tab → "Installation target"
>> "Local Host" → Install the agent on this system
>> "Remote Windows Host" → Install the agent on a remote Windows Host
>> using the RPC Service interface and the $Admin share (PsExec).
>> "Cancel" and "Perform Inventory" button location should be switched and
>> "Perform Inventory" should be in bold
>>
>> Changes on the "FusionInventory Server" should only used during the
>> installation
>> and not be stored locally.
>>
> Do you mean that the agent should be run with default settings, without
> command line arguments?
>
>
>>
>> Any opinion?
>>
>> What you are doing here is just great and will quickly be a much
>> better alternative to
>> the NSIS installer interface.
>>
> I would be glad to do useful things :)
>

Best regards,

Amir Pakdel
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