[python-win32] rebooting windows from Python?

[Tim Roberts]

Alec Bennett wrote:
> I'm wondering if there's some way to reboot or shutdown Windows from within Python? 
>
> I can log out like this:
>
> win32api.ExitWindowsEx(4)
>
> And according to the documentation, I should be able to shutdown like this:
>
> win32api.ExitWindowsEx(2)
>
> But that returns the following error:
>
> 'A required privilege is not held by the client.'
>
> Is there some way to do this? Currently I'm running shutdown.exe, which works, but I'd rather do it directly if possible.
>   

Yes -- you have to acquire the required privilege.  ;)  The mechanism to
do so is tedious, and involves fetching your current privilege token,
then adjusting it in place.  You can read about it in the MSDN page on
ExitWindowsEx:
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa376868.aspx

Personally, and it really is a personal preference, I think it's a lot
less trouble, and a lot easier to understand, just to use the tools at
my disposal:
    subprocess.call( "shutdown", "-r" )

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.