Hi,

I would like to develop a Perl script/module that can be used for executing commands remotely on a Linux box from Windows client. I need to connect to Linux box, authenticate and then execute several commands one after another and capture the output of each command. I want to use SSH2 for communication with Linux Box.

I know that it can be done using Net::SSH2, Perl sockets or Net::SSH::Perl etc. However I want to minimize the dependency on other modules (libssh2, server should present on Linux Box etc.).

Please note that the Perl script will be executed from the Windows client. Also I want to avoid deploying additional modules apart from the one available with ActiveState Perl distribution 5.14.

One option is to use utility plink http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html. I want to use this utility and execute several commands one after another with single connection.

Any help in this regards is very much appreciated.

Thanks.

In reply to Executing Linux command remotely from Windows client using SSH2 by perldev

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