X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: Uu383n6swBCEN1G9up0WSnxbvN8fCPmk Message-ID: <4C6AAD2E.7070207@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:39:26 -0400 From: "Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.7.5 - Invoking excel/word using vbscript in ssh session from Linux References: <1282034674.3901677759@as03.cooltoad.com> In-Reply-To: <1282034674.3901677759@as03.cooltoad.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 8/17/2010 5:44 AM, Mehta, N.V. wrote: > Hi, > > I am starting SSH session from a Linux box to CYGWIN on Windows XP. In this > session I call a vbscript which invokes MS word or Excel 2007 to export file > to PDF. The command is: ssh -n -T winuser@windownode csscript xls2pdf.vbs > "xls_file_path" "pdf_file_path" or ssh -n -T winuser@windownode csscript > doc2pdf.vbs "doc_file_path" "pdf_file_path" > > I have already passwordless login setup using ssh-keygen and > authorized_keys. > > The script starts Word and Excel as I can see the corresponding process in > the "Task Manager". But it seems both Word and Excel are hanging and doing > nothing. > > If I use wsscript instead of csscript, the wsscript process can be found in > "Task Manager", but no word or excel, so wsscript is hanging. > > There are several messages like this in the mailing list, but no resolution. > > Can some one help? Try it with password authentication. If that works, visit From this list of options, you can pick and configure the mechanism that works best for you. FWIW, this basic issue has been discussed many times in the email archives with multiple pointers to this documentation. YMMV. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple