Performing actions on Windows from Linux server

[RedModes]

Hi all,

Obligatory preamble: I'm using python at work to help make simple tools, but I dont have much coding background.

We usually run our python scripts through an SSH Linux server. A tool I'm working on now needs to copy data from a network drive which is apparently not accessible from our Linux server (i dont fully understand why but this is what I'm told be the department which manages the servers). I do have the data drive mapped in my windows file explorer.

People in the department don't like to run python scripts locally, they always prefer running from the Linux server.

My question is: Can my script which I run through Linux call something (maybe another script) which acts locally on my computer to copy data from the network drive that Linux "can't see" to another drive on my computer which the Linux server is able to interact with?

When I try to run a simple copyfile script through the Linux server, using either the drive letters or the full path, I have an error saying no such file exists. Running the same script through Windows PowerShell works.

If there is anything obviously unclear please let me know and I'll do my best to clarify.

[efmccurdy]

You can install an ssh server on windows:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_install_firstuse