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The plan is to be able to run command like the following from windows..
  'ssh <your-server> shutdown -h now'
(by clicking an icon)

--- alternative1, which just came to me --

Install apache2, have a perl cgi script which runs as 'suid root', which
when accessd issues the 'shutdown command'.

-- alternative2 --

Have cron job which checks for the existance of a file 'shutdown' in a
particular directory... removes it and issues the command when found.

eg.
--
#!/bin/bash

if [ -f /path/to/file/shutdown-now ]; then
  shutdown -h now
fi
--



On Nov 17, 2007 12:19 PM, 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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