[Distutils] Call for information - What assumptions can I make about Unix users' access to Windows?

[David Cournapeau]

Regarding winrm, note that it can be fairly complicated to set it up on the
windows side.

I can confirm it works well, though. We're using an internal hack of fabric
to communicate from linux to windows through winrm at work, and it does the
job.

David

On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 9 Nov 2014 22:28, "Nick Coghlan" <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 9 Nov 2014 22:16, "Vinay Sajip" <vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks, that's very useful feedback. I agree, the need for RDP is
> very
> > >
> > > > Windows-specific - I don't know how common RDP tools are for Unix,
> but
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Not uncommon, AFAIK. For example, I use rdesktop on Lubuntu to access
> Windows machines via RDP, and it seems fairly stable. There are alternative
> tools available (such as remmina).
> >
> > For automated scripting from a *nix host, it's also worth noting that
> Ansible supports remote control of Windows systems, and the underlying
> Python libraries for that connectivity are also open source (they talk to
> the native Windows remote control interfaces, so they don't need anything
> special on the target system).
>
> Oops, forgot the link: http://docs.ansible.com/intro_windows.html
>
> Underlying library: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pywinrm
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.
>
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nick.
> >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Vinay Sajip
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