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From: trw@hrc63.co.uk (Trevor Wright "Marconi Baddow")
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Subject: automated reboot of remote Suns
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A couple of days back I requested hard information on how to reliably
reboot remote systems from a central system (for purposes of disc backup).

On the same day the answer appeared in the unix.questions newsgroup - so
thanks very much. We tried the 'quietly' suggestion and it works just
fine.

the trick is to ensure the remote process has all its standard
error/standard output etc etc directed to /dev/null. If this is so then
the 'rsh' you use on the central system will finish OK while the remote
system proceeds to shutdown and reboot

Trevor Wright

GEC Research/Chelmsford/UK