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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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