[EnVoy]

A while back there was a discussion about a guy who wanted to remotly log in to his wifes machine via the CLI, and make the machine speak certian text.

Can anyone point me to that thread (I've searched), or tell me how to do it? Thanks....

[Arkham_c]

Originally posted by EnVoy:
A while back there was a discussion about a guy who wanted to remotly log in to his wifes machine via the CLI, and make the machine speak certian text.

Can anyone point me to that thread (I've searched), or tell me how to do it? Thanks....

1) SSH into the box.

2) Do something like this:

Code:
/usr/bin/osascript << EOF

set volume 10
say "Hey baby come to bed"

EOF

[Sal]

Use Program Linking (setup in the Sharing Preference Pane) and write a script similar to this:

Code:
set the target_app to application "Finder" of machine "eppc://11.111.11.111"
using terms from application "Finder"
	tell target_app
		say "Hey, I'm over here!"
	end tell
end using terms from

[EnVoy]

1) SSH into the box.

2) Do something like this:


code:

/usr/bin/osascript << EOF

set volume 10
say "Hey baby come to bed"

EOF

Doesn't work, I get this:

[xxxxxxxxxxxxx:~] joe% /usr/bin/osascript << EOF
? set volume 10
? say "Hello"
? EOF
kCGErrorIllegalArgument : initCGDisplayState: cannot map display interlocks.
kCGErrorIllegalArgument : CGSNewConnection cannot get connection port
INIT_Processeses(), could not establish the default connection to the WindowServer.Abort

[Art Vandelay]

Originally posted by EnVoy:
Doesn't work, I get this:

[xxxxxxxxxxxxx:~] joe% /usr/bin/osascript << EOF
? set volume 10
? say "Hello"
? EOF
kCGErrorIllegalArgument : initCGDisplayState: cannot map display interlocks.
kCGErrorIllegalArgument : CGSNewConnection cannot get connection port
INIT_Processeses(), could not establish the default connection to the WindowServer.Abort

Works on mine.

[EnVoy]

Works now, must have done something wrong...

[Angus_D]

You have to be the user currently logged in to the GUI for that to work. You can use the "su" command if you know the user's password, or "sudo su" if you don't but are an administrator. You can see who's logged in by going
ls -l /dev/console

and seeing who the owner is.

[EnVoy]

Thanks guys, works great...