Lando is a server that allows clients to execute commands on the host without having to actually log in. This is handy for anyone who wants to periodically do things on a remote UNIX system without having to whip out telnet, log in, run the command, and log out again. For example, bringing up a PPP connection on your Linux masquerade host from your Windows workstation.
The lando server will enforce (or tries to, remember this is pretty beta stuff at the moment) system security when you want it to. Each command may run as a specific user and it may require the client to provide a valid username/password pair.
At the moment, the only client written is for Windows 9x/NT machines. It appears as an icon in the task tray. You can right-click on it to bring up a list of commands available on that machine and choose to run one of them.
There is a mailing list set up to discuss the lando server and clients. You may subscribe to it by sending "subscribe lando" in the body of an email to majordomo@moonglade.com.
Anyone interested in hacking on lando is certainly welcome to. There is a script in the top level directory, devconf.sh, that runs configure with the --enable-developer option. This turns off optimization, turns on debug symbols and sets sysconfdir to point to the current directory. Setting sysconfdir prevents landod from reading an installed lando.conf and causing problems related to the fact that you probably aren't running the server as root during debugging.
The latest version of lando is on the web at http://www.moonglade.com/lando.
Please email me with your comments or bug reports!
Steve Madsen <steve@moonglade.com>