New to Python...looking for scripting language

[Bill Wilkinson]

sure.....

I can put some on my site as examples.  I don't know if you would find the
ones I have very useful.  But, I will post the ones that I can when I go
back to the office tuesday.

Harlan Carvey, CISSP <carvdawg at patriot.net> wrote in message
news:37D168BB.D4C90858 at patriot.net...
> Bill,
>
> Thanks for your input.  Do you have any examples of your admin scripts
> available?
>
> Carv
>
> Bill Wilkinson wrote:
>
> > Python is one of the languages that works with the Windows Scripting
Host.
> > It exposes several objects that are quite handy for doing the things you
> > want.  There is a File System Object and such like.  WSH will be built
in to
> > Win2000, but for now it is a seperate download....  (I am not sure, but
it
> > might be included with the Pythonwin files)
> >
> > Also, using Pythonwin you can do some of the things you mention easily
> > without the WSH.
> > In my opinion, Python is ideal for NT scripting.  I use it for all my
admin
> > scripts.
> >
> > Bill Wilkinson
> > Harlan Carvey, CISSP <carvdawg at patriot.net> wrote in message
> > news:37D12E9D.EDB193B8 at patriot.net...
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > I am looking for a scripting language for NT environments.  I am NOT
> > > trying
> > > to start a language war.
> > >
> > > I have been to the Python.org site quite a bit, and haven't found what
I
> > > am looking
> > > for, so I will post here.
> > >
> > > With Python, can I:
> > > - access the Registry (get, and set values, create keys, etc)?
> > > - access the services (get a list of running services)?
> > > - access the audit policy (get and set that policy)?
> > > - search for files on the remote hard drive?
> > > - access permissions on the remote system?
> > >
> > > I haven't seen modules that allow this...nor have I seen example
> > > scripts.  I am not
> > > a MS/C++ programmer, and I want to be able to leave scripts for
> > > sysadmins who
> > > aren't either.  They need to be able to maintain the scripts.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > H. Carvey
> > >
>