RE: Psexec on *NIX

[Michael Gargiullo <mgargiullo () warpdrive net>]

On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 08:08, Aditya, ALD [Aditya Lalit Deshmukh] wrote:
> > So you want all the functionality of psexec without installing psexec?
>
> psexec in installed on the machine ( the laptop ) and not on the server so there is nothing to install on the other 
> machine
correct... My statement still stands
> > You want to remote control any windows machine from your linux laptop?
> >     Without rdesktop, vnc, or previously touching any machine.
>
> not full control but just enough to start one program which would be run and copied on the targer machine only when 
> the source machine has a username / passwd combo

This wasn't stated in the original question.  If fact he stated he
wanted to be able to walk up to a random network and be able to use this
functionality.

> > You need to do a lot more windows programming reading or are you 
> > trolling.
>
> this would require a lot of unix programming because he wants something that would run on unix and a good 
> understanding of how windows internals work ;) how about asking the sysinternals.com guys to do this for u they have 
> all the necessary skills to do this i think.

Can we agree...it would take some programming :)

> > Your digging for a magic worm you can let loose on a windows network,
> > and control any machine you want on it. Any real admin isn't that lazy. 
>
> worm ? how about using this command to push tightVNC + ssh ( vnc with zip compression and ssh for encryption ) on the 
> desktop start it up and stop and delete it after use so as to close this hole. i would personally like to do this 
> many times from my unix systems and i do this from my windows systems plenty of times and it works great

And I use ssh host 'command'.  He stated he didn't want vnc or ssh.

> > If you are for some reason a real admin looking for this functionality,
> > let me know, 
>
> you just found one, when my system is running linux, freebsd or solaris i sorely miss this type of command line tool.

why can't you use psexec via wine
> > so,  I can come over and sniff for your wireless AP, and send
> > random commands to your windows servers as well.  Come on...Windows
> > isn't that insecure... 
>
> you need to have a valid username / passwd for the machine to do this and i know there are plenty of way to get this 
> but then if u can get a valid username / passwd combo then any system can be compromised.

Except the one that's turned off, locked in a bank vault ;)

> -aditya

-Mike
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