{"id":392,"date":"2020-08-31T20:56:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T18:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/?p=392"},"modified":"2025-03-11T13:28:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T11:28:54","slug":"reboot-a-server-without-admin-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/reboot-a-server-without-admin-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Reboot a server without admin rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes it might be necessary to allow a non admin user to remotely restart a server with the shutdown command<br><br>This can quite easy be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You create a Group policy and add the user to it. This is the group policy you should add the user to:<br><br><strong>Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > User Right Assignment > Force shutdown from a remote system<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GPO-shutdown.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GPO-shutdown.jpg 417w, https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GPO-shutdown-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you only want to assign the group policy to a specific server you can use Security Filterring under the tab Scope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes it might be necessary to allow a non admin user to remotely restart a server with the shutdown command This can quite easy be done. 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