Shutting down other Macbooks around you through terminal?

brian9271

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Oct 28, 2008

• #1

Hey there, I was wondering if I could shut down my Macbook remotely using terminal, so lets say I'm using my friends Macbook at his place, then I type my Ip Address into terminal and I shut it down, what commands would I need to type?

 

belvdr

macrumors 603

• Oct 28, 2008

• #2

Do a man on shutdown in terminal:

Code:

man shutdown

Looks like:

Code:

shutdown -h now

will do the trick.

 

saltyzoo

macrumors 65816

• Oct 28, 2008

• #3

belvdr said:

Do a man on shutdown in terminal:

Code:

man shutdown

Looks like:

Code:

shutdown -h now

will do the trick.

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After you use ssh to log into your computer.

 

belvdr

macrumors 603

• Oct 28, 2008

• #4

saltyzoo said:

After you use ssh to log into your computer.

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Figured he knew that already, based on his question.

 

brian9271

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Oct 28, 2008

• #5

belvdr said:

Figured he knew that already, based on his question.

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Uh, no, not really, where do I type my Ip Address in in order to shutdown my Mac?

 

Cromulent

macrumors 604

• Oct 29, 2008

• #6

brian9271 said:

Uh, no, not really, where do I type my Ip Address in in order to shutdown my Mac?

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ssh username@IPAddress
sudo shutdown -h now

job done.

 

brian9271

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Oct 29, 2008

• #7

Cromulent said:

ssh username@IPAddress
sudo shutdown -h now

job done.

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Thanks, what's your username@IPAddress now?

LOL, kidding 😉

 

jakebogenius

macrumors newbie

• Nov 4, 2015

• #8

It used to work now it doesn't

 

Achraf EA

macrumors newbie

• Dec 7, 2016

• #9

saltyzoo said:

After you use ssh to log into your computer.

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[doublepost=1481151036][/doublepost]and how do we do that ?

 

belvdr

macrumors 603

• Dec 7, 2016

• #10

Use the ssh client from Terminal to connect:

Code:

ssh <username>@<IP or hostname>

 

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MacsRgr8

macrumors G3

• Jan 9, 2017

• #11

Don't forget to "allow" Remote Login" (SSH) first by enabling that in the System Prefs - Sharing tab.

As you will understand by default remote login is off. Would be a HUGE security risk if it is left on without a very strong password!