Re: [CentOS] Turning off Win2008 machines from a CentOS box

Joseph L. Casale wrote:

I understand this may be able to be done with Samba? Anyone know the syntax for a CentOS 5.1 Samba client and what needs to be done to Windows 2008 Server to allow this (I suspect out of the box it wouldn't allow it)?

I was hoping to use SSH with keys and script the login and execution of the native win shutdown command, but I have had troubles making any of the usual win SSH Daemons work under Windows 2008 Server x64.

winexe opens a command prompt on XP boxes. You can script the shutdown - have no idea if it'll work on 2008:

winexe -A $accountname //$computername "cmd /c shutdown -s -t 60"

and down it goes.

http://eol.ovh.org/winexe/