I am a linux and linux scripting newbie so please forgive my ignorance. I have been tasked to write what I thought should be a pretty simple script that does the following:
1) Loads our forticlient ssl vpn command line client
2) sends the vpn password to the client
Pretty simple. However I am having trouble getting following code to work:
A couple of things, yes I know that having the password as clear text not a good idea. I am just trying to get this to work.
Second, I know that the -d in the first line provides debugging info. I am not sure if this is the cause of my trouble, however when I use -f when the script is run, I still see the prompt for the password and the program pauses like it is waiting for my input. At least with -d I can see a little bit of what is going on, and it looks like it should work.
I have launched telnet on nt and have connected to a unix server,
I'm trying to run a program on the unix server which will launch a gui, but when I try to launch it
I get the message
"display not set\n"
"By default set it to 0.0"
I can sit down at the unix machine and launch the program with... (3 Replies)
Hi, I'm a pretty big fan of BASH scripting. I've got a bunch I use for random things and lately a couple issues have been plaguing me.
Both are somewhat related, in that they deal with filenames with spaces and "escaped" characters and with launching a program with command line arguements... (5 Replies)
Hello,
in the application i'm writing i need to launch "recordmydesktop" to capture the screen,but i'm having a problem: when the recording stops,and the encoding of the saved file starts,the entire system hangs until the completion of the encoding.This happens if i launch recordmydesktop from my... (7 Replies)
Hi there, im new too shell scripting and was wondering if it is possible to create a shell script to take in a variable and load a c program.
My C program is a file monitor, and is started by using the terminal and using to following code
./monitor FileToBeMonitored
is it possible to have... (12 Replies)
Hi i wanted to know if any one can give me an example on how to launch a windows program in a perl script. I wanted to open the nmap software on my computer with a perl script, i heard this can be done with the system function. Would the function be in this format:
$text =... (1 Reply)
So I am attempting to get a short but complex perl script to be able to time out an application that I will launch from a command line. The terminal I use is MKS C SHELL and I am having trouble doing the a job spawn that will launch the application and keep time on it.
I know you could do this... (1 Reply)
Hey guys, first post! I want to write a script that will wait 1 second and then input the keys CTRL+ALT+J to the application i just opened.
The program is dosbox, and thay key combination starts video recording :) I have no idea how to program this, can anyone help please?
thanks in advance! (2 Replies)
Hello All,
I hope someone could help me with this.
I'm creating a shell script to run a process. The trouble is, part of the process has to be ran as a different user. I can 'su' to the user ok, but I'm having trouble passing a 'cd' command as well as some variables I set earlier in the... (1 Reply)
Hi ULFers,
I am trying to setup a (very) simple startup script on a centos 6.4 computer and it kind of failed.... Here are the details :
As said just above the computer setup is running a CentOS 6.4 x64, on this computer a vncserver is automatically started (by a chkconfig vncserver on), i... (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT X11R4
upscmd
UPSCMD(8) NUT Manual UPSCMD(8)NAME
upscmd - UPS administration program for instant commands
SYNOPSIS
upscmd -h
upscmd -l ups
upscmd [-u username] [-p password] ups command
DESCRIPTION
upscmd allows you to invoke "instant commands" in your UPS hardware. Not all hardware supports this, so check the list with -l to see if
anything will work on your equipment.
On hardware that supports it, you can use this program to start and stop battery tests, invoke a front panel test (beep!), turn the load on
or off, and more.
OPTIONS -h
Display the help message.
-l ups
Show the list of supported instant commands on that UPS. Some hardware may not support any of them.
-u username
Set the username for the connection to the server. This is optional, and you will be prompted for this when invoking a command if -u is
not used.
-p password
Set the password to authenticate to the server. This is also optional like -u, and you will be prompted for it if necessary.
ups
Connect to this UPS. The format is upsname[@hostname[:port]]. The default hostname is "localhost".
UNATTENDED MODE
If you run this program inside a shell script or similar to invoke a command, you will need to specify all of the information on the
command line. This means using -u and -p. Otherwise it will put up a prompt and your program will hang.
This is not necessary when displaying the list, as the username and password are not required for read-only mode.
DANGEROUS COMMANDS
Some drivers like apcsmart(8) have built-in paranoia for the dangerous commands like load.off. To make them actually turn off the load, you
will have to send the command twice within a short window. That is, you will have to send it once, then send it again after 3 seconds
elapse but before 15 seconds pass.
This paranoia is entirely defined within the driver. upsd and upscmd have no control over the timing.
DIAGNOSTICS
upscmd won't work unless you provide a valid username and password. If you get "access denied" errors, make sure that your upsd.users(5)
has an entry for you, and that the username you are using has permissions to SET variables.
BUGS
There is currently no way to tell the user when the driver requires confirmation to invoke a command such as load.off. Similarly, there is
not yet a way to tell the user if a command succeeds or fails.
This is on the list of things to fix in the future, so don't despair. It involves magic cookies.
SEE ALSO upsd(8), upsrw(8)INTERNET RESOURCES
The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: http://www.networkupstools.org/
Network UPS Tools 05/21/2012 UPSCMD(8)