On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Michael C. Robinson < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-07-07 at 06:35 -0700, wes wrote: > > I am not aware of such a tool. One alternative could be to use Microsoft > RPC > > via Samba tools to instruct the 98 machine to shut down from your Linux > box > > when the UPS detects power loss. > > > > -wes > > I'm having trouble figuring out the correct invocation of samba's net > command to get the 98SE box to shutdown. I'm wondering if something is > turned off on the 98SE box that shouldn't be for this to work. > > I don't know the correct params either. I did some searching and found mention of a tool named PowerOff, which can be installed as a service and allows remote access via network connections (such as telnet). Telnet itself isn't exactly scriptable, but netcat is, so there may be something workable that way. Best of luck. -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
