Linux Server to connect Windows 2008 R2 Server to execute powershell commands

Question

Is it possible to do remotely executing powershell scripts on Windows 2008 R2 from Linux Server. I explored the option of FreeSSHD, but there is no option for password less authentication.
Any thoughts and hints greatly appreciated.
Retheesh
Thanks and Regards, Retheesh Kumar R

Answer 1

I am going to respectfully disagree with my post mates! Muhahahaha!
If the target server (your Windows 2008 R2 box) can accept secure shell (ssh) connections, you should be able to ssh into the server then start PowerShell just like any other shell. That said, I suspect you will run into quirks. For example, I bet the
"out-gridview" commandlet does some whacky stuff. You may get some strange terminal emulation junk too, but by and large you should be okay. I have Cygwin deployed to a Windows machine. That installation includes the OpenSSH package.
[1] Cygwin http://www.cygwin.com/
[2] How to run the OpenSSH SSHD server on Windows using Cygwin;
http://www.noah.org/ssh/cygwin-sshd.html
This would be like ssh'ing into some Linux machine then firing up ksh. If you're used to Linux, you no doubt know what I'm talking about.
Now, here is the trick. You'll have to setup key based authentication on the Windows machine once you have your SSH server all setup. If you know how to do this on Linux, its the same process for Cygwin. The following article can help you -- remember the
process is pretty much the same for Cygwin on Windows as it is for Linux distributions:
[3] SSH with authentication key instead of password;
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/530
You have your work cut out for you. Give it a try, and tell us how you fare.
I hope this helps bro!
Cheers,
A-