Re: [pfSense Support] How to schedule shutdown and box heartbeat

2007-09-24 Thread Espen Johansen
Why not go all the way ? Shutdown -r yymmddhhmm -lsf On 9/24/07, Vivek Khera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sep 22, 2007, at 7:05 AM, tester wrote: > > >> min" etc) > > This was the command I typed from the shell: > > > > echo "shutdown -r now" | at "xx:yy" > > why not more simply "shutdown

Re: [pfSense Support] How to schedule shutdown and box heartbeat

2007-09-24 Thread Vivek Khera
On Sep 22, 2007, at 7:05 AM, tester wrote: min" etc) This was the command I typed from the shell: echo "shutdown -r now" | at "xx:yy" why not more simply "shutdown -r xx:yy" shutdown has its own timing mechanism. - To u

Re: [pfSense Support] How to schedule shutdown and box heartbeat

2007-09-22 Thread tester
Hello, --- Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > why not just use the built-in features of the > shutdown command? I didn't think about it :) > if you are editing files, i would assume you are logged in on a terminal anyway: > shutdown -r 1800 > I did a test, it works as "ad interim" so

Re: [pfSense Support] How to schedule shutdown and box heartbeat

2007-09-22 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Saturday 22 September 2007 06:05:42 tester wrote: > Hello, > > --- Srdjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > echo "/my/command/path" | at "16:45" (or "now + 15 > > min" etc) > > This was the command I typed from the shell: > > echo "shutdown -r now" | at "xx:yy" > > It seems it won't be executed at

Re: [pfSense Support] How to schedule shutdown and box heartbeat

2007-09-22 Thread tester
Hello, --- Srdjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > echo "/my/command/path" | at "16:45" (or "now + 15 > min" etc) This was the command I typed from the shell: echo "shutdown -r now" | at "xx:yy" It seems it won't be executed at xx:yy I've done a search on the net and according to FreeBSD Man Pages,

Re: [pfSense Support] How to schedule shutdown and box heartbeat

2007-09-22 Thread Scott Ullrich
Crontab items are now included in config.xml Look in /cf/config/config.xml for more info (search for cron). On 9/21/07, Srdjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > tester wrote: > > Hello, > > I've two problems since I updated pfSense box to the > > latest version (1.2 RC2). > > > > 1) To schedule '

Re: [pfSense Support] How to schedule shutdown and box heartbeat

2007-09-21 Thread Srdjan
tester wrote: Hello, I've two problems since I updated pfSense box to the latest version (1.2 RC2). 1) To schedule 'planned' shutdowns I used to edit /etc/crontab by using vi through a ssh shell, but now it seems to be a bad habit, because pfSense overwrites it at the next reboot. I've found o

AW: [pfSense Support] How to schedule shutdown and box heartbeat

2007-09-21 Thread Fuchs, Martin
:22 An: support@pfsense.com Betreff: [pfSense Support] How to schedule shutdown and box heartbeat Hello, I've two problems since I updated pfSense box to the latest version (1.2 RC2). 1) To schedule 'planned' shutdowns I used to edit /etc/crontab by using vi through a ssh shell, b

[pfSense Support] How to schedule shutdown and box heartbeat

2007-09-21 Thread tester
Hello, I've two problems since I updated pfSense box to the latest version (1.2 RC2). 1) To schedule 'planned' shutdowns I used to edit /etc/crontab by using vi through a ssh shell, but now it seems to be a bad habit, because pfSense overwrites it at the next reboot. I've found out I have to edit