Well, I can do this using WMI thru VBScript for Windows-Windows connections. What I would like is a method using python for both Windows-Windows and Linux-Windows connections. I've looked at pyWMI (http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/wmi.html), and found it unclear in it's dealings with remote boxes. A look at win32com netted me a load of "Access Denied" errors.
An alternative is using OpenSSH for Windows (on sourceforge), but I am looking for a solution which would not require any additional software on the Windows boxen. Thanks for the reply. Bob -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list