Shutting down a Ubuntu server remotely from Windows?

[Junin Toiro]

If the case is ATX soft power and the mobo supports ACPI properly you
should be able to just hit the power button on the case and the system
will perform a proper shutdown.
If it's a really old system though this may not work properly if at all.

Another option would be to install and strip down webmin or some other
web admin tool where he could goto a page on the server and then hit
shutdown.

On 11/17/07, Tom Schinckel <gunny01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay, so I've turned an old box into a Ubuntu file server for the old
> man to keep his dodgey 80's music and other "important" files of his
> which he can access via Samba etc. on his XP desktop. Anyway, the
> problem I'm having is that he doesn't want it running 24-7, thus I'd
> like a way of remotely turning the thing off. Currently, the only way to
> do it is too ssh in and go sudo shutdown -P now, but that's a bit
> complicated for him, so he'd prefer if he could just click an icon on
> the desktop or something. I'm not to concerned if it's insecure, because
> everything's sitting behind a firewall.
>
> Any ideas?
>
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