From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 13 07:03:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA01473 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 07:03:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.cityip.co.za (ns.cityip.co.za [196.25.223.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA01451 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 07:03:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wjv@cityip.co.za) Received: from wjv by ns.cityip.co.za with local (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0z6xwy-00010M-00; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 16:01:56 +0200 Message-ID: <19980813160156.B3834@cityip.co.za> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 16:01:56 +0200 From: Johann Visagie To: "Scott I. Remick" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UPS signal from NT? Mail-Followup-To: "Scott I. Remick" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199808122044.QAA04582@server.computeralt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199808122044.QAA04582@server.computeralt.com>; from Scott I. Remick on Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 04:44:14PM -0400 X-PGP: ftp://ftp.cityip.co.za/users/wjv/pubkey.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 12 Aug 1998 at 16:44 SAT, Scott I. Remick 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? Related question: What would be the most elegant way for one FreeBSD box (running upsd) to signal another that it should shut down? Oh sure, I can also think of a number of solutions, but I'm still looking for one that's reasonably foolproof/secure, and that doesn't *feel* like a hack. (Scott, my answer to your question would depend on whether your UPS software on NT will allow you to execute something arbitrary upon detection of an outage.) -- V Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message