Getting System info for Linux machine

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First I have to find the Os details of remote machine if it Windows machine we can use WMI queries .. What about for Linux or Unix machine ... My main aim is to get system info of Linux and unix machine either using same protocol or diffrent protol for both WIndows and Linux. Please tell me how can i approch Linux machine to get the data .. is there any protocol similar to WMI ? Give me some guidlines to start the project if it is possible in .net.

Posted 7-Jul-15 19:29pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2015-07-07T19:49:00

Please start here: http://www.linuxloop.com/2009/09/28/remotely-accessing-your-linux-computer-part-1[^].

No, it's not "similar to WMI". Linux is very different from Windows in this respect, and WMI it totally specific to Windows. Read Linux documentation on how to access all the system setting by an authenticated (possibly non-interactive) user.

—SA