Remotely restart a windows machine

[Stephen Carrier]

On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 09:47:01PM -0700, Mark Geisert wrote:
> Eliot Moss wrote:
> > On 9/27/2020 5:45 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> > > Greetings, Eliot Moss!
> > > 
> > > > On 9/25/2020 10:36 AM, john doe wrote:
> > > > > On 9/25/2020 4:28 PM, Peter J. Krum via Cygwin wrote:
> > > > > > The syntax of this command is:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > NET
> > > > > >       [ ACCOUNTS | COMPUTER | CONFIG | CONTINUE | FILE | GROUP | HELP |
> > > > > >         HELPMSG | LOCALGROUP | PAUSE | SESSION | SHARE | START |
> > > > > >         STATISTICS | STOP | TIME | USE | USER | VIEW ]
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > This is a Windows command, I would look at 'shutdown.exe' or whatever
> > > > > tools is using rpc to restart windows remotely.
> > > 
> > > > shutdown is the program that the OP desires to run remotely. 
> > > > The question boils down to: How, using
> > > > Cygwin, can I send a remote command to another computer on the network?
> > > 
> > > Unsurprisingly, it's `shutdown`…
> > > But you must be an admin on the remote system.
> > 
> > Yes, I've used that program.  I think the question is how to invoke it
> > remotely.  Tips about how to do that?  :-)
> 
> It's in the part of Andrey's reply you didn't quote :-)
> 
> Usage: C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe [/i | /l | /s | /r | /g | /a | /p |
> /h | /e] [/f]
>     [/m \\computer][/t xxx][/d [p|u:]xx:yy [/c "comment"]]
> ...
>     /m \\computer   Specify the target computer.
> 
> ..mark
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Alternatively, you could install sshd on the remote machine for shutting
down (with "shutdown /s" or whatever) and much more besides.

--Stephen Carrier