Re: Backup of turned-off machines

Hi,

On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 15:54, Kevin Currie wrote:
> Robert Hendrickx wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm thinking to wake up during night the WinXX workstations I want to 
> > backup.  The wake-up part is
> > no problem, but I would like to turn them off again after the backup.
> > 
> > Does anybody knowns a linux tools which can do that ? (there is such a tool 
> > for windows in the
> > resource kit of microsoft, then it's possible !)
> 
>      Install cygwin!  We put it on all out PC's at my kids school.  Make sure 
> you have the sshd configured to
> start as a service, and then run "shutdown -f -s now" via ssh (i.e. ssh pc -f 
> "shutdown -f -s now").
> Otherwise, you could get one of the multiple "native" (meaning no cygwin) 
> shutdown commands and submit a remote
> "at" job to do it.

Well, that can be done easier using the 'net' command from the samba
suite (in samba-common package in debian). That has the 'net' command
which you can use to shutdown a remote machine. Check the manpage for
the exact syntax.

Hope this helps,

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