[nos-bbs] Another issue...

[Jay Nugent]

Greetings,

On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, wa7nwp wrote:

> Several of the JNOS systems I support are "remote".  Yet the owner will 
> be running and watching the main display screen.   I make changes to the 
> config files and need to reboot.  Is there's a "polite" signal to do 
> this?  HUP?   Kill -9 is a bit drastic.   Only other option is to log in 
> to the bbs, become a remote admin and enter the exit command from there.
> 
> Anything else?

   Look at the "remote" command. Allows you to kick, exit, or reset a 
remote box.  You can also add or drop entries in the route table.  All 
done through UDP packets over the network.

   Set the remote password with 'remote -s PASSWORD_STRING'

   Reset the xNOS application from another xNOS box by issuing the command 
'remote -k PASSWORD_STRING 44.x.y.z reset'

   Must have remote server compiled in on the xNOS machine being
controlled.  And must have the remote client compiled in on the
controlling xNOS.

     --- Jay WB8TKL
             
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