How do you remotely shutdown an XP host from a linux machine? I know that you can use
shutdown /s /f /m \IP_GOES_HERE
From windows, but how would you do that from linux? (wine does not port the shutdown
command)
Does the psshutdown tool from SysInternals (nor part of MS) work under Wine? Probably not, but might be worth a try.
Failing that you could install cygwin's OpenSSH port (or some other SSH server service) and use that to login and call Windows' own local shutdown command - this would be a one line command/script.
psshutdown doesn't work from wine for some reason.
however,
net rpc shutdown -I xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -U username%password
works if all the proper steps have been taken
I used the psshutdown, but had a different method. I had Outlook open on the machine 24/7 and if it received an email from my email account only, with a random set of words in it, the rule would run psshutdown
you could try this you could even use this mthod to shiut the computer off from a text message! :)
If you create a shortcut link to this from the windows machine you can simply do it that way.
Put this in the Target text box: C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -s -f -c "Shutdown!" -t 10
Put this in the Start in text box: C:\Windows\System32