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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!convex!sunova!usenet
  3. From: faught@redfox.ssc.gov (Ed Faught)
  4. Subject: Re: NeXT Remote Power Up/Down?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug26.175739.26913@sunova.ssc.gov>
  6. Sender: usenet@sunova.ssc.gov (News Admin)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: berserk.ssc.gov
  8. Reply-To: faught@redfox.ssc.gov
  9. Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
  10. References: <1992Aug25.144408.18538@udcf.glasgow.ac.uk>
  11. Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:57:39 GMT
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  13.  
  14. In article <1992Aug25.144408.18538@udcf.glasgow.ac.uk> chris@uk.ac.gla.music  
  15. (Chris Scudds) writes:
  16. >Subject says it all...is it possible to remotely power the machines
  17. >on and off? Is there perhaps some .app already around that will
  18. >do this?
  19. >
  20. >Also, is there a utility to broadcast messages to the workspace,
  21. >eg. "LOG OFF NOW!"? I can do this thru UNIX, but output only goes
  22. >to the console, which most users don't even know about. Broadcast.app
  23. >anyone?
  24.  
  25. shutdown -p should work. You'll need to be root over the network, of course.
  26. --
  27. Ed Faught  WA9WDM  faught@psychosis.ssc.gov
  28.  Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
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