Remote system shutdown

Question

Hi,
I'll try to be as short as possible. I need a bacth or command file to shut a system down located in my network. The batch file needs to be opened by another program called PowerChute Business Edition use by APC for UPS systems.
I have the following. I can make a batch and command file that will log me onto the remote device and then shut down the device.
net use \\computername /user:administrator password
shutdown.exe -s -m \\computername -t 60When I just double click on the batchfile, it runs and the remote device opens a window saying that it will be shut down in 60 seconds.
Only when my program opens the file, the action doesn't happen.
I tried several other things
NET SEND
opening a program with CALL and START
time /t >> c:\timelog.logAll these work, only the shutdown command doesn't work. I tried several other versions like
shutdown -s -m \\computername -t 60
shutdown /s /m \\computername /t 60
shutdown.exe -s -m \\computername -t 60
shutdown.exe /s /m \\computername /t 60...
Now I contacted APC and in their last mail they said:
The command files must conform to a certain syntax because of java. This also causes problems sometimes.
Now I thought I'd might be using the wrong code because of Java,so I thought of asking it in a Java forum.
Best regards
Peter

Answer 1

The program itself is a program for my UPS. When power is cut off, the UPS will switch to batteries. Now the software can execute a command file or batch file before shutting the connected computer down.
So I want this cmd-file or bat-file to shut a remote computer down. This can be done by NET USE (to log on) and the by SHUTDOWN (to shut it down)
If I want to see what happens when the program opens the batch files I go to work like this:
I write 2 files:
CallShutdown.bat
@START "" "C:\Program Files\APC\PowerChute Business Edition\agent\cmdfiles\shutdown.bat
shutdown.bat
NET USE \\computername /user:username password
SHUTDOWN.EXE -s -m \\computername -t 60
NET SEND computername TESTNow I can see on my own computer a DOS window and that gives me the following information:
c:\PROGRA~1\APC\POWERC~1\agent\>net use \\computername /user:Administrator password
The task is completed
c:\PROGRA~1\APC\POWERC~1\agent\>shutdown.exe -s -m \\computername -t 60
Access denied
c:\PROGRA~1\APC\POWERC~1\agent\>net send computername TEST
The message was send to COMPUTERNAMEAnd on the remote computer I can see a Messenger-Service window with the message TEST in it coming from my computer.
First of all the NET USE command works, but the shutdown command fails because the access was denied.
HOWEVER, when I double click on CallShutdown.bat in Windows Explorer everything works just fine. Logon, shutdown and Net Send.
So I don't know why that shutdown command gets an access denied when I let the program execute it, but when I just use the double click action :o) everything works.
Because I got a message from the helpdesk saying something about syntax for JAVA, I thought I'd give it a go on this forum.
Hope I've been clear in my explanation. Two files, one calling the other. Second one logs on and shuts down the remote computer.