Restart Windows Services from Your Linux PC | Linux Today

Restart Windows Services from Your Linux PC

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 1, 2010

“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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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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