Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 15:32:29 +0300 From: Vallo Kallaste <vallo@matti.ee> To: "Scott I. Remick" <scott@computeralt.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UPS signal from NT? Message-ID: <19980813153229.38886@matti.ee> In-Reply-To: <199808122044.QAA04582@server.computeralt.com>; from Scott I. Remick on Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 04:44:14PM -0400 References: <199808122044.QAA04582@server.computeralt.com>
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"Scott I. Remick" <scott@computeralt.com> wrote: > We have a large UPS hooked up to our NT server. The UPS only has one > serial port and it is currently set up to signal a shutdown on the NT > server. Without buying a separate UPS for our FreeBSD server, is there > some way to get a signal from the NT server that would trigger a shutdown > on the FreeBSD box also? *** I think you can use samba to do this. Samba has a feature to receive "pop-up" messages and execute commands. Almost all UPS control programs I have seen ( I mean Windoze programs ) use named feature to send messages to users. Vallo Kallaste vallo@matti.ee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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