Re: Restarting windows from php

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. > >