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

[Nick Coghlan]

On 9 Nov 2014 22:28, "Nick Coghlan" <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 9 Nov 2014 22:16, "Vinay Sajip" <vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> > > Thanks, that's very useful feedback. I agree, the need for RDP is very
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> > > Windows-specific - I don't know how common RDP tools are for Unix, but
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> > 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).
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> 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.

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> Cheers,
> Nick.
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> > Regards,
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> > Vinay Sajip
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