Shutting down other Macbooks around you through terminal?

[brian9271]

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]

Do a man on shutdown in terminal:

man shutdown

Looks like:

shutdown -h now

will do the trick.

 

[saltyzoo]

Do a man on shutdown in terminal:

man shutdown

Looks like:

shutdown -h now

will do the trick.

After you use ssh to log into your computer.

 

[belvdr]

After you use ssh to log into your computer.

Figured he knew that already, based on his question.

 

[brian9271]

Figured he knew that already, based on his question.

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

 

[Cromulent]

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

ssh username@IPAddress
sudo shutdown -h now

job done.

 

[brian9271]

ssh username@IPAddress
sudo shutdown -h now

job done.

Thanks, what's your username@IPAddress now?

LOL, kidding

 

[jakebogenius]

It used to work now it doesn't

 

[Achraf EA]

After you use ssh to log into your computer.

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

 

[belvdr]

Use the ssh client from Terminal to connect:

ssh <username>@<IP or hostname>

 

[MacsRgr8]

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!