To run windows cmd from linux box, there is one tool you could use, which is winexe. You can download the installer from here. There are 2 ways to install this tool:

Download from here Unpack the bz2 file: # bunzip2 winexe-static-081123.bz2 Change mod to allow execute: # chmod +x winexe-static-081123 Make soft link in your /usr/local/bin: # ln -s winexe-static-081123 /usr/local/bin/winexe

Install necessary packages (gcc, svn, *-devel....) Get sources from here Unpack the source file: # tar -xvjf winexe-source-081123.tar.bz2 Compile according to README file: cd to unpacked tar.bz2 sources ./autogen.sh ./configure make proto bin/winexe Compiled file will be located in wmi/Samba/source/bin/winexe Install winexe: install -s wmi/Samba/source/bin/winexe /usr/local/bin/winexe

To use it is very simple:

# winexe -U foo -W WORKGROUP -n FOO-PC //10.0.0.61 "cmd.exe"

where -U for username, -W for workgroup, -n for target machine netbios name, 10.0.0.61 is the ip address of the target machine and cmd.exe is to start windows command prompt. Once connected, you will get command prompt like below:

Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790] (C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

To quit, just type exit at the windows command prompt.

That's all :)