Posted by Karl-Heinz Christian Zeck on 08/10/05 17:15

I don't want to restart windows locally, I want to restart it
remotely. I need a php script that restarts the server. Is this
possible or not?


On 8/10/05, Jay Blanchard <jay.blanchard@niicommunications.com> wrote:
> [snip]
> Does anyone have any idea how to restart windows from a php script?
> I tried the following:
> exec('SHUTDOWN -r -t 01');
> or
> exec('SHUTDOWN /r');
>
> I received the following warning message: Warning: exec(): Unable to
> fork [SHUTDOWN -r -t 01].
>
> I never used this kind of functions before. What's wrong? In IIS for
> "Execute Permissions" I have "Scripts and Executables". What
> permissions should I set for the Internet Guest Account? Or something
> else caused the problem, not the permissions? Please help me.:)
> [/snip]
>
> Everyone, repeat after me......
>
> PHP is server-side, there's no place like home,
> PHP is server-side, there's no place like home,
> PHP is server-side, there's no place like home......
>
> If you are trying to restart Windows, locally, you have to use something
> client-side to affect that.
>
>

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