Re: [DNG] Remote power management

2021-07-22 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:10:16 +0100, fraser wrote in message <20210722101016.5370801b@bay6-hi5-1>: > Hi, > > This feels like a damnfool question, but I don't seem able to find an > appropriate solution. > > The situation: careless staff leaving desktops logged on, open tabs in > browsers,

Re: [DNG] Nasty Linux systemd security bug revealed

2021-07-22 Thread Andreas Messer
Hi, On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 07:53:58AM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: >     There's a choice of options in GCC to deal with stack protection. > Eg:  -fstack-check > >     Plus a bunch of macros. > >     They all deal with allocation of automatic variables. For alloca(), > instead, there's

Re: [DNG] Remote power management

2021-07-22 Thread mimo via Dng
hi, try vbetool vbetool dpms off regards, m. On 210722, fraser kendall wrote: Hi, This feels like a damnfool question, but I don't seem able to find an appropriate solution. The situation: careless staff leaving desktops logged on, open tabs in browsers, monitors left on etc.etc. First

Re: [DNG] Remote power management

2021-07-22 Thread tito via Dng
On Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:10:16 +0100 fraser kendall wrote: > Hi, > > This feels like a damnfool question, but I don't seem able to find an > appropriate solution. > > The situation: careless staff leaving desktops logged on, open tabs in > browsers, monitors left on etc.etc. > > First solution:

[DNG] Remote power management

2021-07-22 Thread fraser kendall
Hi, This feels like a damnfool question, but I don't seem able to find an appropriate solution. The situation: careless staff leaving desktops logged on, open tabs in browsers, monitors left on etc.etc. First solution: cron job: '/sbin/shutdown -r now' run daily at 7pm But this reboots to a