Does anyone know if it's possible to get a remote cmd on a windows machine(s) from linux?

The only thing I can think of is installing ssh on the remote windows box. In which case can anyone recommend the best ssh implementation on Windows? I've used the openssh port before but it seems a little imperfect and dated and does not integrate that seemlessly.

Ideally I'd like to find some native way of getting the remote cmd on windows, similar to what psexec allows you to do from another windows box. I'd rather install one thing on my linux workstation than something on every single windows box I administer.

Are there any native interoperability tools from Linux to Windows in this type of thing?

I don't mean to seem dismissive, but this is a question about Windows, not about Linux. I assume there are implementations of many of the same protocols that you can use on Linux, like a telnet daemons, ssh daemons, remote desktop etc, but I have no idea which implementations are good or bad (or even exist).

no not really. This is a question about how to interoperate in the same way. Telnet is a big no. Ssh is ok but requires adding stuff and maintaining it in advance of using it on every windows machine in the company.

Hence the need for something that interoperates with what windows already has. Psexec for linux if you will.

I've never heard of psexec, but then I don't have to deal with Windows machines on a regular basis. Still sounds like a Windows question to me.

*edit* heyhey, whaddya know. I wrote "psexec linux" into google and found this: http://eol.ovh.org/winexe/

I just use rdesktop from Linux to my windows servers.. then I can open a cmd shell on the windows box after I connect.

Short of that you are left with Telnet that is included with windows (yuck), or installing a 3rd party solution.

I haven't seen any other solutions available in windows itself for that sort of connectivity.

telnet and ssh are commonly used in such situations.
If you want to use telnet, find a way to enable terminal services on windows.
For ssh, you can try this