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Post by jesica »

Hey all

does Mint have a program that will make it possible for me to switch a LAN of pc's of at one time from only one computer
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Re: network off

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What operating systems are on the PCs that you want to shut off?
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windows xp
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You'll need admin access to the Windows XP machines, and have Samba installed on Linux.

Very short tutorial: http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/v ... from-linux

This guide covers it in somewhat more detail (same commands): http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-remote ... nux-server
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thanks

I have Samba

Regards :)
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