Subj : Remote safe reboot
To   : Herbert Rosenau
From : Mike Luther
Date : Thu Nov 22 2007 08:36 am

And I jumped to the wrong conclusion, sadly, Herbert and Holger ..

 HG> Hi Mike,

 ML>> What is a good command line program which could be run from the
 ML>> BBS which would properly shut down both the BBS and the
 ML>> HyperHost applications, then automatically get a 'normal' OS/2
 ML>> boot run started?

HR>>\ecs\bin\shutdown.exe

 HG> I have it also in the \os2\install\ directory

 HR> No, this is another one - no options, not the same functionality.

Turns out that my research work reached the wrong conclusion at least for this 
remote system reboot with version 16 of the non-IBM utility.  I renamed this 
non-IBM utility to SHUTBOOT.EXE and ran it externally for research purposes 
from the BBS command line SysOp mode.

BLAM!  Locked box again!

OK more research showed that the apparently successful remote reboot with 
SHUTDOWN.EXE that I 'ran' from the REXX script was actually the IBM version in 
\OS2\INSTALL.  I ran a PATH call and discovered that the path for \OS2\INSTALL 
was ahead of my utility directory I custom make for things needed here!  Thus 
the program which 'ran' was the IBM version,not the test version.

OK, that is why we wound up with the BBS shut down, but *NOT* HyperHost in the 
test run.  OK, when I was able to log in to HyperHost from the test remote 
HyperAccess Pro and saw the customary IBM gray block request for confirmation 
of shutdown of the 'running' process of HyperHost, I didn't do that.  What I 
did was at that point command a Remote Reboot from the HyperAccess object 
selection.  Which *DID* result in a clean reboot remotely.

What I've learned is that for a remote reboot I need to do is to go in with 
HyperAccess Pro and shut down the BBS system ahead of time.  Then simply ask 
for a remote restart with HyperAccess Pro and that will properly reboot the 
remote system.

Now .. what went wrong with the non-IBM version?  Dunno at this point. Remote 
system is not responding.  I'll post what I learn when I get through there 
today on the trip out there to debug this on site.

Thanks..


--> Sleep well; OS/2's still awake! ;)

Mike @ 1:117/3001




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