UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am wondering if it is possible to shut down a unix machine using a windows NT based machine. I would like the process to be secure, like logging into root using SSL or something simular and then running a shutdown command.

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you can use ssh (secure sock hosts) to connect to Unix machine securely before shutdown the unix machine.

On windows you need to install ssh windows client such as PUTTY
you can download this from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~s.../download.html

your unix machine also need ssh installed on it so that it listen on port 22, you can use ssh from openssh it free.

openssh can download from www.openssh.org then again your unix machine might have ssh installed already, check for this.

Thanks, after some configuration it worked like a charm....