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W03L

March 25th, 2009, 11:22 AM

Hi.
I'm trying to shutdown ubuntu from windows and get an error: access denied (5). Command: shutdown /s /f /m \\*ubuntu IP address*
How can i do this?

ilrudie

March 25th, 2009, 12:42 PM

Use ssh to get on the Ubuntu box, then shut it down.

smileypaul

March 25th, 2009, 03:10 PM

As said above.. use SSH to shut it down.

A free windows SSH client is PuTTy.

Google it, and download.

enjoy.

ps: clearly you must have the OpenSSH server installed