Allow standard users to RPC reboot server

Purpose

I have a server that I like to pretend does not exist (like I do with most of my Windows servers). This system is dedicated to one department, so it makes sense to allow them the ability to reboot the server.

Permissions

Going into this I assume standard users can not use RPC shutdown. So in this case we need to allow them to reboot without being able to break anything.

• Open secpol.msc
• Navigate to Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment -> Force shutdown from a remote system
• Add the user or group you want to allow remote shutdown rights to.

Script

Obviously we can not simply tell people what to type into a terminal. Also they would not know if the system was back online or not anyway.

This is a WIP, has not been tested yet. Just wanted to get it recorded

@echo off
set numa=0
set numb=0
set server=<yourserver>
:Reboot server
shutdown /r /t 0 /m \\%server%
if errorlevel 1 (
	echo "Was unable to reboot the server, contact the helpdesk."
	pause
	)
else (
	:pingtest1
	ping -n 1 %server% | find "TTL=" >nul
	if errorlevel 0 (
		if %numa% == 60 (
			echo Server has shutdown in 60 seconds. & echo Contact the helpdesk.
			set /A numa="numa + 1"
			goto :pingtest1)
			else ( 
		:pingtest2
		ping -n 1 %server% | find "TTL=" >nul
		if errorlevel 1 (
			if %numb% == 60 (
			echo Server has not responded after 60 seconds. & echo Please contact the helpdesk.
			pause)
			else (set /A numb="numb + 1"
			goto :pingtest2)
		else (
		echo Server should be back up. & If problem persists contact the helpdesk.
		pause)
				)
)