Execute a remote command on a Mac from Windows

What's the easiest way to execute a single command on a Mac from a remote Windows machine, via batch?

I would like something that works without a preset configuration (like SSH credentials) on either machines, as I need to apply this on several Win/Mac pairs (yes, I know it's less secure, but it's not relevant to my needs).

The macs all have a common user/password (in fact, they are on the same domain), and I want to automate this as painlessly as possible.

From serverfault ripper234

• I suppose on the windows server you could use putty/plink to connect to the mac via SSH (assuming that ssh is open and running).

  First use putty to create a shared key on the windows server and you'll put that on the mac... probably authorized_keys file. Don't set a password on the key.

  Then, you could use plink to login and run a command using that key.

  Check out: http://tartarus.org/~simon/putty-snapshots/htmldoc/Chapter7.html#plink-usage-batch "7.2.2 Using Plink for automated connections"

  Putty is available here: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

  ripper234 : I would like something that doesn't force me to setup SSH public keys, because i need to set them up from/to multiple computers.
  From Imo

• Anything like this, whether it's to a Mac or a Linux machine I use WinSCP, as it has good scripting support and is very easy to use. Just set up public keys for SSH to eliminate the password prompt.

  Edit

  Here's a batch file using PuTTY if you don't mind the password issue.

  @echo off
  echo command1; command2; commandn; exit>tmp_file
  putty -ssh user@taget_machine -pw password -m tmp_file
  

  ripper234 : I would like something that doesn't force me to setup SSH public keys, because i need to set them up from/to multiple computers.

  John Gardeniers : You don't have to but then you have the problem of having to enter the password.

  ripper234 : I would like a way to automate entering the password. I don't mind storing the user/pass in the batch script.

  John Gardeniers : @ripper234, see the edit to my answer.

  ripper234 : Thanks, looks better
  From John Gardeniers