On 08/11/2007, Joe Zambon <joe.zambon(a)jznet.org.uk&gt; wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got an APC UPS that is currently powering my 24-port cisco switch and > my server. My server is running FreeBSD but doesn't have a serial port > which the UPS needs for emergency shutdown. > > I'm soon to be adding a Winblowz server box into the network for testing, > that box will have a serial port and can therefore run shutdown scripts when > it is told that the power has f00bed and running on battery. I need to work > out a way of running the shutdown command on the fbsd box from windows > automatically such as within a batch file. I'm not entirely sure how i go > about getting a windows box to shutdown a fbsd box remotely so does anyone > have any ideas? > > All i've come up with is setting up a user that when they logon runs > "shutdown -p NOW" and kills the server safely...then have a windows script > to call putty, login and then issue that. Again...i'm not sure how to go > about it. > I take it we are talking a physical serial port on the FBSD box? Why not just add a port? Or are there not any spaces available? Or, is it some weird and wonderful board? -- ============================================== Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Staffordshire _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug

On 08/11/2007, Joe Zambon <joe.zambon(a)jznet.org.uk&gt; wrote: > > Yeah i'm talking about a physical serial port. > > In response to "why not just add a port"....well.....because it means > buying a serial card...i'm a student...and therefore poor......ignoring the > 100 quid I've just put in on a best offer on a cisco 2600XM router :) Ok, I can understand that as I'm disabled and on a fixed 'low' income :-( But, there are other ways of skinning a cat :-) You could always ask (politely of course) if anybody happens to have a spare serial card that they no longer use. You never know :-) Or, there's always your local Freecycling/freeshare/Realcycle group. That's possibly more of an outside chance but agian, people do give away some amazing kit (I've had no end of PC's and am currently working on a nice old server that was given to me. > Also this is good for future reference if i want to run management scripts > for a *nix/*BSD from a windows box. Very good point.... but if it doesn't work, then assuming you would be doing this in a paid for position the company would be shelling out the cash in a similar situation:in other words they'd be buying a serial card. :-) -- ============================================== Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Staffordshire _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug