Do we have plink?

[justdave]

I can't seem to find the binary for plink in FREESCO. I remember having it at one time, but now it's not even on my FREESCO development box Does it exist in one of the packages? Is there a website where I could find it?

thanks

dave

[justdave]

I have done some searching around and don't think I ever had plink on FREESCO.

I think that ssh could do the job, but I would need to have a password option in the command line.

Alternately I could set up the authorized keys, but I have been fighting with that all morning and cannot find where to put which key on the FREESCO machine.

Any help would be appreciated.

thanks

dave

[Lightning]

[justdave]

Wouldn't this be for a remote to putty into FREESCO?

I am trying to shut down remote computers when the power goes off, so I have to send the shutdown command to the remotes.

dave

[Lightning]

Hmmmmm I suspect that you can use the 'ssh' command which is a part of Dropbear along with a script to do what you are asking. The ssh part of Dropbear can use any authorized key file and it is specified on the command line. So in essence it would be a script that controls an SSH connection doing the job of plink. There should be examples on how to use the Dropbear SSH option and using a key file to log in. The best way to start is to get the command working manually from the command line and then make a simple script to do it automatically. Which would be pretty simple if I new the commands needed.

ssh -p <remoteport> -y -t -i <identityfile> -l <username>


-p <remoteport>
-y accept remote host keys, if unknown
-t Allocate a pty
-T Don't allocate a pty
-i <identityfile> (multiple allowed)
-L <listenport:remotehost:reportport> Local port forwarding
-R <listenport:remotehost:remoteport> Remote port forwarding
-l <username>

[Lightning]

On a secondary note, I am wondering if the nut package has some of this built into it. Because it is a UPS network monitoring server and client. So clients could monitor the status of a UPS and make there own determinations on shut down procedures.

[justdave]

I've already got nut installed and working, but the shutdown command for the remote computers has me stumped. I think my brain has turned to mush.

I need just the following:

1. generate a private/public key pair ( does FREESCO already have this?)
2. Find out which directories each one needs to go on for each machine.

I'm pretty sure that some of the information should go on the remote machines in the authorized keys files. I'm not sure where to find this key or whether I should generate it myself. If FREESCO already has it generated for the ssh command, where would I find it?

thanks

dave

[Lightning]

[justdave]

D'oh. I forgot that nut could do that. I have now installed nut on the client machines and will play around with the shutdown settings.

I also have to find a windoze client for the one box I have that still runs that.

Thanks Lewis for jump-starting my brain.

dave