"""
The MIT License
Copyright 2009 Shao-Chuan Wang <shaochuan.wang@gmail.com>
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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"""
__author__ = "Shao-Chuan Wang"
__email__ = "shaochuan.wang@gmail.com"
__version__ = "1.0"
__URL__ = "http://shao-chuan.appspot.com"
import ctypes
from ctypes import Structure
from ctypes import byref
import ctypes.wintypes as wintypes
SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED = 2
SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME = 'SeShutdownPrivilege'
TOKEN_ALL_ACCESS = 0xf00ff
TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES = 0x20
host = None #: it means local machine.
class LUID(Structure):
_fields_ = [("LowPart", wintypes.DWORD),
("HighPart", wintypes.LONG)]
class LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES(Structure):
_fields_ = [("Luid", LUID),
("Attributes", wintypes.DWORD)]
class TOKEN_PRIVILEGES(Structure):
_fields_ = [("PrivilegeCount", wintypes.DWORD),
("Privileges", LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES)]
def shutdown(msg, timeout, force=False, reboot=True):
advapi32 = ctypes.windll.advapi32
kernel32 = ctypes.windll.kernel32
luid = LUID()
if not advapi32.LookupPrivilegeValueA(None, SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME, byref(luid)):
print 'LookupPrivilegeValueA failed.'
attr = LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES(luid, SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED)
privilegeCount = 1
tokenPrivileges = TOKEN_PRIVILEGES(privilegeCount, attr)
p = kernel32.GetCurrentProcess()
hToken = wintypes.HANDLE()
if not advapi32.OpenProcessToken(p, TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES, byref(hToken)):
print 'OpenProcessToken failed.'
return False
if not advapi32.AdjustTokenPrivileges(hToken, False, byref(tokenPrivileges), None, None, None):
print 'AdjustTokenPrivileges failed.'
return False
if not advapi32.InitiateSystemShutdownA(host, msg, timeout, force, reboot):
print 'InitiateSystemShutdownA failed.'
return False
return True
if __name__ == '__main__':
# to cancel the shutdown, just type 'shudown -a' in your terminal.
shutdown('This computer is about to shutdown...', 20)
