Remote shutdown deamon/utility
 

Hi,

Is there something like a remote shutdown daemon or utility for slackware available?

Something without having to log in and halt the system.
Like something you can combine with a windows system, or linux.



Thanks.

I'm not quite sure what you are asking for but you could try this from any linux machine and it will shut down the machine at the ip address you enter.

I will add to this and say from Windows you can install openssh client (works from cmd.exe like linux ssh) and / or PuTTY to remote "anything" on the linux box.

Yes but its not for me.

I mean something like a daemon running on the slackware server and a simple "click app" for windows which will send the command or whatever to shut it down.

You can use putty together with a simple script, and you'll have your clicky thingy that shuts down a linux box, provided such linux box is running sshd.

Make a text file (let's name it "poweroff_linux_box.txt") in the same directory as putty.exe and put the following in it:
Now, make a text file named clicky_thingy.bat and put the following in it:

Note1: replace the following with your own data
someipaddress = the ip address for your linux box
someuser = the username you use to login to your linux box
somepass = the password for the username you use to login to your linux box

Note2: this is EXTREMELY insecure, as the user + pass for your linux box are there in clear text for anyone to see and exploit. Use it at your own risk.

That's it... click away...

yes but the whole point of making you log in/authenticate before shutting down the machine instead of having a simple 'button' to 'shut down' the machine is so that just anyone cant walk up and push that button and remotely shut down your machine when you least expect it. it's a trade off between security and simplicity and unlike with M$ and window$ that often will dummy down something to the point where it does away with quite a bite of security, with Linux security often takes a higher precedence over simplicity, be thankful there isnt a simple loophole in your server to simply click a button to remotely shut down your server without having to authenticate yourself

Probably safer to use ssh keys with putty. No plain-text login info revealed. Still not completely secure since someone could copy that file, but it's certainly better than using a plain-text password.

The best option is to use Slax-Dude's approach, using a *regular user* to login via ssh (via an ssh key preferably). You can then run `sudo shutdown -h now` assuming your sudoers file is setup properly to allow that command to be run without requiring a password.

Thanks Slax-Dude and the other posters, that will work I think. :)