How to remote shutdown computer with exec() php

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I want to remote shutdown computer that have same network with me, in cmd.exe we can execute this to do that

shutdown /m \\192.168.1.2 /s /f /c 'PC will shutdown in 5 seconds' /t 5

but i have tried with php command exec() and it didn't do anything. I put the php command in shutdown.php

exec("shutdown /m \\192.168.1.2 /s /f /c 'PC will shutdown in 5 seconds' /t 5");

Root privileges are needed. Maybe add web user to sudoers and grant only that command. — AbraCadaver, Sep 15 '17 at 14:33
I see cmd.exe, are you trying to execute the command on a windows machine? edit: if yes, maybe try making a *.bat file to run to execute the command. — Odyssey1111, Sep 15 '17 at 14:38
@AbraCadaver root privileges? i used windows 7 OS. The target computer has same administrator account with my computer so it can works in cmd.exe, but it can't works when it cames with exec() — William Antony, Sep 15 '17 at 14:58
@Odyssey1111 yes, on windows machine, thanks for suggestion. i will try it :D — William Antony, Sep 15 '17 at 15:01
Are you running the PHP on a webserver or on command line as administrator? — AbraCadaver, Sep 15 '17 at 15:04

Yash Kumar Verma · Answer 1 · 2017-09-17T09:38:02.967

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try this. in place of username, put administrator username and password. put the domain if exists. then put the name of bat file there. the bat file would contain the shutdown command. also try directly putting the command there.

runas /U username /P password /D Domain /E shutdown.bat

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First up, just to let you know that you're trying to reinvent the wheel. What you're really looking for is expect(1), which is a command-line utility intended to do exactly what you want without involving PHP.

However, if you really want to write your own PHP code you need to use proc_open. Here are some good code examples on reading from STDOUT and writing to STDIN of the child process using proc_open:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.proc-open.php#79665 How to pass variables as stdin into command line from PHP http://camposer-techie.blogspot.com/2010/08/ejecutando-comandos-sobre-un-programa.html (this one is in Spanish, sorry, but the code is good) Finally, there is also an Expect PECL module for PHP.

Hope this helps.

source : PHP Exec command - How to pass input to a series of questions

edited Sep 17 '17 at 09:38

answered Sep 15 '17 at 15:24

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inside the exec("here !") – Yash Kumar Verma Sep 16 '17 at 12:39
it doesnt work, but when i use system("runas.exe /user:administrator shutdown.bat"); it outputs text "Enter the password for administrator:", and how we can fill the password? – William Antony Sep 16 '17 at 16:29
type it in when it asks for it :) additionally use the `savecred` attribute so it won't ask again and again. – Yash Kumar Verma Sep 16 '17 at 17:42
see here : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8249705/how-to-run-an-application-as-run-as-administrator-from-the-command-prompt/12401075#comment79473988_12401075 – Yash Kumar Verma Sep 16 '17 at 17:43
it doesnt provide the input box that can fill the password.. i see your answer in other thread, and it still doesnt work – William Antony Sep 17 '17 at 02:55
it wont provide the input box. it'll just ask in cli – Yash Kumar Verma Sep 17 '17 at 04:20

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