Re: Connect to Windows and or Linux servers without ID and Password

The easiest way is to use passwordless SSH key files, and have them set up to a restricted shell.

If you don't even want passwordless SSH key files, set up jobs to be run on the machines and have them report (via mail, for example) to a central server.

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Re^2: Connect to Windows and or Linux servers without ID and Password by Randy_j53 (Novice) on Jul 14, 2015 at 13:49 UTC
Hi Corion, I am not allowed to install anything on the servers. I now our Windows servers do not have SSH. My company has serveral hundred Linux and Windows servers which I have to connect to and search for the KeyStore files so I can copy them to a central location. Is there any other way other than SSH to do this?	[reply]
Re^3: Connect to Windows and or Linux servers without ID and Password by marto (Cardinal) on Jul 14, 2015 at 13:56 UTC
Remove perl from the equation. Deduce how you would connect to each system and complete your task. If you can't do this without installing any additional software then script the process in perl. This doesn't seem like a perl specific issue, sounds more like something missing in your corporate infrastructure/asset management solution.	[reply]
Re^3: Connect to Windows and or Linux servers without ID and Password by stevieb (Canon) on Jul 14, 2015 at 14:01 UTC
You surely must have a consistent system for administrating these boxes with hundreds of them, no? If you could access all those boxes without any credentials whatsoever, couldn't anyone else? Do you have an account that can list "dollar sign" shares on the Windows servers? That might be an option. For Linux though, there isn't much you can do unless you export the whole filesystem in NFS with no auth necessary, but that's a really bad idea. Whenever you connect to another server, you pretty much need to have an account (login) to do anything.	[reply]
Re^4: Connect to Windows and or Linux servers without ID and Password by Randy_j53 (Novice) on Jul 14, 2015 at 14:06 UTC
Thank you all for your quick responses. Your responses was what I thought they would be but I need to ask them to cover all my bases for the Perl project I am working on. All have a good rest of the day.	[reply]