Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 20:56:06 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mobil.cz> To: Lord Raiden <raiden23@netzero.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Interesting user question Message-ID: <20020104205606.D38258@roman.mobil.cz> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20020104140214.009de650@pop.netzero.net> References: <4.2.0.58.20020104140214.009de650@pop.netzero.net>
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> Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 14:06:38 -0500
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> From: Lord Raiden <raiden23@netzero.net>
> Subject: Interesting user question
>
> Ok, here's a question that just stumps me. I know how to do this to some
> degree, but not in the way that the user wants. Ok, here's the gist. User
> came to me today and asked for a way that he could use his MSwindows box
> (running 98se) to remotely shut down each of his BSD boxes when his 98
> shuts down.
>
> That I thought was easy. But here's the catch. It can't call for the BSD
> boxes to shut down EXCEPT when he's actually shutting down for the
> night. Not during normal mid-day reboots, or shutdowns. Only when he
> shuts down at 5pm and powers down his workstations for the night and only
> when shutting down his win98se machine. Any ideas on this? Right now he
> does all 4 by hand, but would like something that doesn't require him to
> have to do this all the time. Any ideas?
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