From: Anselm Martin Hoffmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re[2]: [Ltsp-discuss] Terminal Power Down
Anselm; >From the workstation itself, it's easy: Just execute "/sbin/halt -p". You'll have to install a halt command that works, though (last time I tried, it was missing or a symbolic link to "busybox" which would not shut down the machine). If you're using a GUI running on the server, you'll have to find a way to send a signal to the client machine to shut itself down as described above. I did this a while back, by setting up a process to listen for a shutdown command over the network. But this is an issue in itself, since it is setting the stage for Denial Of Service (DOS) attacks, where someone could send out signals at will, telling workstations to shut themselves down. It *is* possible, but I don't know how to secure it. Any ideas? Tom >Though it would be nice to have a software-way to poweroff atx-aware >workstations. Is there any chance to have a "poweroff" command on the >client killing the atx power supply? Having that triggered from >server >side would be relatively easy probably, and then one would have to >convince [xkg]dm that "shutdown" command is not "halt" but "remote-run >on $DISPLAY the command 'poweroff'"... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas L. Griffing Red Hat Certified Engineer Pondus Solutions, Inc. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
