From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 11 7:31:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37ABF37B416 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2002 07:31:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g2BFUt1v066630; Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:30:58 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g2BFUsIK066628; Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:30:54 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:30:54 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: Leif Neland Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: one ups, two machines, one nt. Message-ID: <20020311153054.GE59137@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20020311110726.G63119-100000@arnold.neland.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020311110726.G63119-100000@arnold.neland.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i X-OS: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In the last episode (Mar 11), Leif Neland said: > It is possible to have the datasignal from the ups connected to one > machine, which then can send shutdown signals via network to other > unix'es. > > But in a mixed environment, is it possible to send this signal from a > fbsd to a nt? Or the other way around? Take a look at NUT - Network UPS Tools. It manages over two dozen different UPS brands, and can notify other machnes in the network to power down in case of battery and AC failure. It's in the ports tree at sysutils/nut, but you'll want to go to http://www.exploits.org/nut/ to download the windows client. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message