samba - Aug 2004 - Need help with strange use of "message command" - just ignore if this is OT

Hi all,

I've got a setup with a single UPS serving three servers.  The main
server is a Windows box and there is also a Linux mail server.

The UPS is a APC SmartUPS connected to the main Windows box.

The software we're using on the Windows machine will not shut down the
Linux box when there's a power outage.  Not a problem as all the clients
would already be disconnected and I'm sure EXT3 can handle itself, but
I'd much rather that the Linux box would shut itself down nicely.

I can run standard Windows commands when the UPS turns off and thought
I'd try and use "net send" to send a message to the Linux box,
catch it
with "message command" in smb.conf and do a nice shutdown.

However, the "message command" is run as an unprivileged user (as it
should be) and so doesn't have the rights to shutdown the machine.

Can anyone suggest something I could try other than wading through the
code?  I'm not a software engineer by any stretch of the imagination.

Many thanks for any help, and sorry if you consider this to be off
topic.

Mark Lidstone
IT and Network Support Administrator

BMT SeaTech Ltd
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