Topic: the opposite of rc.local?

[E-MaN_]

I'm looking for the correct place to be able to notify windows users that the server is going down or reboot.

In rc.local I've put a line: echo server is up! | smbclient  -M winboxes

Now I would like to have somewhere:
echo server is going down/reboot in xx seconds, please logoff | smbclient -M winboxes

I couldn't find this anywhere in the forums.

[smeghead]

Write your own script called say, down.sh, that controls this:


#!/bin/bash

SHUTDOWNDELAY=1
DELAY=$[$1-$SHUTDOWNDELAY]

echo Server is going down in $N minutes please save your work and log off! | smbclient -M winboxes
sleep "$DELAY"m
echo Warning:  only 1 minute left before server reboots! | smbclient -M winboxes
shutdown -k +$SHUTDOWNDELAY

exit 0

Put this into a script in say /usr/local (which is on the path) and use this to manage the shutdown (don't forget to make it executable)

Call it with:

down.sh 5

[E-MaN_]

Ok. Great!

And what if I would make that automatic?

Is there a place I could create/replace the template to reboot, so if I'm booting it from the server-panel it will run that part?

[smeghead]

The 'action/event' that is attached to the panel button is not templated and would require hacking to acheive what you want, could be done but would not be recommended.

[E-MaN_]

ok then. I can't just add een template to achieve what I want.
I'll stick with your solution then.

Thank you.

[CharlieBrady]

The 'action/event' that is attached to the panel button is not templated and would require hacking to acheive what you want...

That is incorrect.

OP should create a notification script. Add a symlink to that script into /etc/e-smith/events/halt and /etc/e-smith/events/reboot.

Nothing else needs to be done. No existing scripts need to be hacked. No additional ways to trigger a shutdown or reboot need to be created.

[smeghead]

Sweet, hadn't thought of doing it that way.

Just goes to show that Charlies intimate knowledge of the innner workings has its benefits.

[E-MaN_]

That's great! Thank you Charly.
I knew it should be easy

I'll implement both suggestions.