# Start a service by name use strict; use Win32::OLE; use Win32::OLE::Enum; use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft WMI Scripting V1.1 Library'; use Getopt::Std; # below is the old version if you should need it. # use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft WBEM Scripting V1.0 Library'; use vars qw($locator $serv $opt_h $opt_n $obj); ((2 == @ARGV) || (4 == @ARGV)) || die "Useage: [-h host] -n serviceName \n"; getopts('n:h:') || die "Useage: [-h host] -n serviceName \n"; ($opt_n) || die "Useage: [-h host] -x procId \n"; $locator = Win32::OLE->new('WbemScripting.SWbemLocator') or die "loc\n"; $serv = $locator->ConnectServer(($opt_h) ? $opt_h : '.'); $serv->{security_}->{ImpersonationLevel} = wbemImpersonationLevelImpersonate; $obj = $serv->Get("Win32_Service.Name=\"$opt_n\""); $obj->StartService();