Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-programming (128 mails)

[Martijn Houtman <tinus@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 16 April 2003 15:37, Stefan Hundhammer wrote:
> On Mittwoch, 16. April 2003 15:30, Linux Aremania wrote:
> > I wanna make java application which call linux
> > command, but I don't know how to call linux command.
> > For example : I wanna display the output of "ps -ax"
> > command in applet.
>
> I don't program Java, but from what I know you have only very limited
> access to the client system in Java applets - that would be a considerable
> security hole. Imagine everybody who can set up a web server could run
> commands remotely on your machine over the Internet! (That would be the
> consequence of what you wish to do).
>
> Bottom line: I doubt you can do that at all in a Java applet.
>
> Any true expert's opinion?

Oh, you're probably right about that. Exec class might not work in an 
-applet-.

-- 
tinus

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