Hi, I'm trying to use java from a windows machine to access a unix machine on the network and execute unix commands (ie "ls") and output them back to the windows machine. I've been doing some searching but I haven't been too successful, any ideas/help would be much appreciated. Thanks

Why java? Can you login and/or run commands manually on remote unix?

Google for Putty and download it. Then enable either telnet or SSH remote logins on your unix machine (unless one of them already is). I suggest SSH as it is encrypted while telnet is plaintext. Then simply connect to your machine via Putty and you have a remote console running on your Windows box.

Hi guys, thanks for the responses. The reason why I need to do it in java and remotely is because I'm writing a JSP page for users. I don't want the users to have direct access to the unix server but I want to give them the ability to execute certain unix commands from their web browser (for example, by clicking on a button on the web page, it will do a "ls" on the unix machine and output the results back onto their webbrowser). The webserver is on a different machine. What I'm having troublw with is how I am supposed to establish a "connection" with the unix machine and then execute commands on it, I am familiar with the exec command but I believe that only works if the java program is sitting on the same machine that it will be running commands on. I hope this clarifies my problem. Thanks again

You could try using the code available from javassh.org. Both telnet and ssh connections are implemented and there is a connection relay demon which it sounds like you would need.