Restart Windows Services from Your Linux PC

"If you've ever wanted to remotely restart a service on your Windows PC from your Linux machine, the Command-Line fu web site has you covered with the quick and easy command to use.

"In order to actually use this command, you'll need to make sure that you have the samba-common package installed for Ubuntu, or the corresponding package for your Linux distribution. The simple sudo apt-get install samba-common command will do it for any Debian-based Linux.

"Now you can list the services available on a Windows machine by using the following command, making sure to use credentials that have administrative privileges on the remote machine:"

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