remote shell to shutdown a HP-UX server ?

[MARREEL Chris_1]

I want to shutdown our HP-UX box starting from a win2000 server.

I already figured out to do a rsh (remote shell) but when I do :
rsh hpserver -l root shutdown -h -y 0

I receive the message from shutdown :
In interactive mode shutdown must be run from an interative input device. Use the -y option for non-interactive mode-- exiting shutdown.

Is there a way of bringing my HP-UX box down when the UPS signals my win2000 machine there is a powerfailure ? all I need is a BATCH-file on my win2000 machine that can bring the HP-UX box down.

Any sugestions ?

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Chris:

Try adding the '-n' flag thusly:

# remsh hpserver -l root -n shutdown -hy 0

Regards!

...JRF...

[Sanjay_6 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

you may have to specify the path to shutdown.

use

# remsh hpserver -l root -n /sbin/shutdown -h -y now

hope this helps.

thanks

[Sachin Patel]

Hi
Try
#remsh server -l root /usr/sbin/shutdown -h -y now
or
#remsh server /usr/sbin/shutdown -h -y now
(because you are already logon as root and if you can rsh as root then you don't have to specify -l user)

Sachin

[MARREEL Chris_1]

I indeed had to use FULL PATH to the shutdown command.

so I can remotely shutdown my machine with the command :
rsh hpserver -l root -n "/sbin/shutdown -hy now"

Thanks for the help.

Chris MARREEL