Primarily, I'm a C/C++ programmer on Unix machines... But I'd kill for browser based shell access to a linux box...

So, the question is: How hard would it be, and what approaches would be the best for building real shell level access into a web page? Flash? Javascript?

I know this is really all opinion, but I'm curious if people think it might be possible?

Primarily, I'm a C/C++ programmer on Unix machines... But I'd kill for browser based shell access to a linux box...

So, the question is: How hard would it be, and what approaches would be the best for building real shell level access into a web page? Flash? Javascript?

I know this is really all opinion, but I'm curious if people think it might be possible?

• javascript
• flash
• unix

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• Neat, but I want a REAL bash shell... :) – dicroce Commented Oct 24, 2009 at 21:25
• Well, it shows that it can be done in javascript ;) At least the front-end side of things. – hasen Commented Oct 24, 2009 at 21:42

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There are a few scripts that can do this :

• http://antony.lesuisse/software/ajaxterm/
• http://anyterm/index.html
• http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/webshell/index.html
• http://www.techenclave./operating-systems/web-based-shell-interfaces-870.html

You could embed a Java SSH applet...

This is already done in Cloud9 project. You can run terminal application in the browser.