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fohfoh:
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--- Quote from: fohfoh on July 24, 2009, 10:29:04 AM ---Kyanwan, have you looked into Powershell 1.0? It's Microsoft's attempt to bring back command lines. (Basically trying for the stripped version of Windows sever 2008.) Currently though, powershell isn't available for the command version of server 2008. Not yet at least. It might be available in the later service packs.
Windows Server 2008 is a pretty cool OS. But god damn, 900 CAD?
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But pretty easy to fool the registry, if you know what I mean. ;)
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I think that's the point.... which is why you don't get a retard controlling a server.
dankles:
--- Quote from: fohfoh on July 24, 2009, 10:29:04 AM ---Kyanwan, have you looked into Powershell 1.0? It's Microsoft's attempt to bring back command lines. (Basically trying for the stripped version of Windows sever 2008.) Currently though, powershell isn't available for the command version of server 2008. Not yet at least. It might be available in the later service packs.
Windows Server 2008 is a pretty cool OS. But god damn, 900 CAD?
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I've seen some of the stuff that powershell can do. It uses .NET libs and stuff which makes it quite powerful. However, that still isn't really native scripting is it? Or am I wrong?
It would make more sense to compare powershell to python/perl IMO
Where as comparing MS batch files to Shell scripts would make more sense in my mind. And I think we all know the winner there, unless there is some new super DOS on vista/server 2008/7 that I don't know about.
EDIT:
O yeah, ironpython can be used to do anything powershell does. So IMO, python would win when comparing those two. Though I cant really speak for perl.
fohfoh:
--- Quote ---Windows Server 2008 includes a variation of installation called Server Core. Server Core is a significantly scaled-back installation where no Windows Explorer shell is installed. All configuration and maintenance is done entirely through command line interface windows, or by connecting to the machine remotely using Microsoft Management Console. However, Notepad and some control panel applets, such as Regional Settings, are available.
Server Core does not include the .NET Framework, Internet Explorer, Windows PowerShell or many other features not related to core server features. A Server Core machine can be configured for several basic roles: Domain controller/Active Directory Domain Services, ADLDS (ADAM), DNS Server, DHCP Server, file server, print server, Windows Media Server, IIS 7 web server and Hyper-V virtual server. Server Core can also be used to create a cluster with high availability using Failover Clustering or Network Load Balancing.
Andrew Mason, a program manager on the Windows Server team, noted that a primary motivation for producing a Server Core variant of Windows Server 2008 was to reduce the attack surface of the operating system, and that about 70% of the security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows from the prior five years would not have affected Server Core.[6]
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms723891(VS.85).aspx
Don't get this mixed up with powershell, AFAIK, powershell isn't available for server core.
dankles:
I played with the betas of server 2008. It didn't work on it then... guess they never worked that out.
fohfoh:
--- Quote from: dankles on July 25, 2009, 02:39:55 AM ---I played with the betas of server 2008. It didn't work on it then... guess they never worked that out.
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Because it was more fully implemented in the later service packs. Especially VR. It's actually at a much higher degree than it was at a few months ago. But I'm not technologically smart enough to figure out how to tinker with it.
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