Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux RTC security question..

2008-12-30 Thread gharris999
Is this better? Code: #!/bin/sh # # SrvrPowerCtrl plugin helper script for linux. # # This script will set the system's RTC to wake the system up in advance of a programmed SqueezeCenter alarm. # # Assumes that hardware clock is set to UTC. # # # Co

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux RTC security question..

2008-12-27 Thread peterw
I think you should use 'else if' and not assume that either exists -- a kernel without ACPI might have neither, right? -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim AllQuiet BlankSaver ContextMenu FuzzyTime KidsPlay KitchenTimer PlayLog PowerCenter/Bottle

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux RTC security question..

2008-12-27 Thread gharris999
syburgh: assuming that your centos system uses /proc/acpi/alarm, would you be willing to test the following script for me? Code: #!/bin/sh # # SrvrPowerCtrl plugin helper script for linux. # # This script will set the system's RTC to wake the system up in adva

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux RTC security question..

2008-12-27 Thread gharris999
syburgh;375886 Wrote: > Yes, the sysfs path for the wakealarm is specific to the kernel version, > and has definitely changed since RHEL/CentOS 5. Google for the specific > versions. If I support /proc/acpi/alarm and /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm, will I have covered all (or most) the bases, as f

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux RTC security question..

2008-12-27 Thread gharris999
peterw;375864 Wrote: > If you already use sudo for the shutdown command, why not use sudo here, > too? > > -Peter Mostly out of laziness. Perhaps my brain was addled from too much eggnog, but I had trouble getting this to work via sudo. But, yes, that ought to be the approach if I'm going to b

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux RTC security question..

2008-12-26 Thread syburgh
gharris999;375843 Wrote: > Also, I'm not sure in which version of the linux kernel > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm started appearing. Are there major > distros out there which aren't likely to have this interface? CentOS? > ClarkConnect? Yes, the sysfs path for the wakealarm is specific to th

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux RTC security question..

2008-12-26 Thread peterw
If you already use sudo for the shutdown command, why not use sudo here, too? -Peter -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim AllQuiet BlankSaver ContextMenu FuzzyTime KidsPlay KitchenTimer PlayLog PowerCenter/BottleRocket SaverSwitcher SettingsMana

[SlimDevices: Unix] Linux RTC security question..

2008-12-26 Thread gharris999
I'm adding a facility to the SrvrPowerCtrl plugin to program the system's rtc wakeup alarm upon shutdown if there is a SqueezeCenter alarm pending. The squeezecenter user normally doesn't have write access to /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm. Making /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm writeable to all us