PyRexecd

PyRexecd is a standalone SSH server for Windows.

Features:

• Standalone Win32 app (not a service) that resides in SysTray.
• Supports a single user / pubkey auth only.
• Notifies incoming connections via popup.
• Sends/Receives the clipboard text via stdin/stdout.
• PyPI Project page: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyRexecd/

Prerequisites:

• Python 3 - http://www.python.org/
• Paramiko - http://www.paramiko.org/
• PyWin32 - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/
• cx_Freeze (optional) - https://pypi.python.org/pypi/cx_Freeze

How to Use:

1. > pip install pyrexecd
2. Run PyRexec.pyw.
   It generates a new host key and opens a config directory (AppData\Roaming\PyRexecd).
3. Put your public key into the config dir.
   > copy your\id_ed25519.pub authorized_keys
4. Run PyRexec.pyw to start the server.
5. Log into the machine via 2200/tcp.
   $ ssh -p 2200 windows

Command Line Syntax:

> pyrexecd.exe [-d] [-l logfile] [-s sshdir] [-L addr] [-p port]
               [-c cmdexe] [-u username] [-a authkeys] [-h homedir]
	   ssh_host_key ...

• -d : Turns on Debug mode (verbose logging).
• -l logfile : Log file path (default: pyrexecd.log).
• -s sshdir : Config directory path. (default: AppData\Roaming\PyRexecd)
• -L a.b.c.d : Specifies the listen address (default: 127.0.0.1).
• -p port : Specifies the listen port (default: 2200).
• -c cmdexe : cmd.exe path. (default: cmd.exe)
• -u username : Username.
• -a authkeys : authorized_keys path. (default: authorized_keys)
• -h homedir : Home directory path. (default: %UserProfile%)

Special commands:

Certain SSH command is recognized as special commands:

• @clipget : Receives the clipboard text from Windows.
  $ ssh windows @clipget > clipboard.txt
• @clipset : Sends the clipboard text to Windows.
  $ echo foo | ssh windows @clipset
• @open, @edit, and @print : Windows shell operation. The target pathname should be given from stdin.
  $ echo C:\User\euske\foo.txt | ssh windows @edit

How to Build .exe (requires cx_Freeze):

> pip install cx_Freeze
> python setup_exe.py build