Running remote commands on Windows like ssh -c on linux

Question

Is there a way to run remote commands in a windows system just like you can in Linux using the "ssh -c" command.

Thanks!

Autobyte

Answer 1

PSTools PSExec can do exactly that! :)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649.aspx

Answer 2

You can uses powershell remoting. Psexec often gets blocked by antivirus. Powershell remoting would be the most reliable way of performing remote commands.

Answer 3

I have Cygwin installed on most of my Windows machines. With it's OpenSSH port you can use ssh just as your can to any Linux/BSD/other machine.

If you don't want anything else that Cygwin offers copssh seems a popular alternative - it is basically just the OpenSSH port and its dependences extracted from Cygwin.

The pstools set (already mentioned by northirid in an earlier answer) are easier to setup if windows->windows is all you need but actually having a SSH service is very handy if you need a little more.

Answer 4

AT command is another way.

Answer 5

The beauty of PSexec is that it executes and if required, copies the files to run on the destination system and can use any credentials

Answer 6

From Unix / Linux, you have :

• cmdat, which comes with Samba-TNG
• winexe, http://eol.ovh.org/winexe/

Answer 7

winrs (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/winrs), does what you need. It is a built-in command so you don't need anything extra. But first you need to run 'winrm quickconfig' on the remote machine (just once) for it to work.