[morps]

Sorry if this has already been covered, but I couldn't find anything...
I am trying to figure out an Applescript that will enable me to shutdown a networked Mac.Both machines are running OS 9. I am on a TCP/IP network and have privledges for both machines. Any pointers for this rookie scripter would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance...

[King Chung Huang]

Try this.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1"face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial">code:</font><HR><pre><font size=1 face=courier>set theOtherComputer to application <font color = red>"Finder"</font> of machine <font color = red>"eppc:<font color = brown>//<font color = blue>127.0</font>.<font color = blue>0.1</font>"</font></font>

using terms from application <font color = red>"Finder"</font>

tell theOtherComputer
shut down
end tell

end using terms from</font>[/code]

Replace "127.0.0.1" with the IP address or DNS name of the machine you want to target. You need to have Program Linking on on the target machine in order to control it.

[morps]

Cool... I wasn't familiar with "eppc://..." however, I seem to still be coming up a bit short. And actually, perhaps because of the next naive question: How do you enable Program Linking of the Finder? (I', assuming it's the Finder I need to enable since this is a OS level script. right?

By the way, the machine that I am trying to shutdown is an ASIP 6.3.3 server. Not sure if that is relevant here.

Thanks again...

[King Chung Huang]

To enable program linking:

Go to the File Sharing control panel and click "Start" for Program Linking. You'll also need to click "Enable Program Linking clients to connect over TCP/IP" to enable linking over TCP/IP.



By default, there is a standard set of apps that have Program Linking enabled, including the Finder. To connect to other apps, you need to select the app you want to connect to, choose "File:Get Info:Sharing..." in the Finder, then check off the appropriate box.

[morps]

Perfect. Thanks a bunch, you da man...

One last question (hopefully). I tried passing username/password parameters in the path (eppc://username assword@10.0.0.1) and got a -916 error. Any thoughts on how I can run the script you helped me out with without needing to login to the other machine? Otherwise, it works great

[ 07-03-2001: Message edited by: morps ]

[ 07-03-2001: Message edited by: morps ]

[King Chung Huang]

Apple's official word on that is to use the Keychain to store the username and password. Then, allow the AppleScript free access to it. That's the way I do it.