Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 14:29:49 +0930 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, wonko@entropy.tmok.com, Irwan Hadi <irwanhadi@iname.com> Subject: Re: hotmail now running win2000 Message-ID: <XFMail.000809142949.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008090150330.31845-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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On 09-Aug-00 The Hermit Hacker wrote: > use something like netsaint to monitor those machines? and the APC master > switch is web administered, so it would be too easy to build a quick perl > script to trigger a power outlet correspondign to the partiular server > that was n olonger responding ... Personally I would wire something up to the reset switch instead.. Much less potential for accidentally nuking your hardware if your script is broken and starts toggling machines on and off like mad.. (much less violent on disk etc too) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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