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Newbie question: Remote Shutdown...
I run Windows OS on all my machines. I'd like to be able to dbl-click an icon to remote shutdown my ReadyNas x6, with a simple "Are you sure?" prompt. This will save me having to log into the (slow) U...
Righty - so it works then! Didn't think it would via a GET but who knew....
I trust you have CURL installed for Windows and when you run it, you get:
If you get a 'cannot find libeay32.dll' mesage, you need to get the compiled OpenSSL libraries installed from http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html.
I will admit that I was tempted to write back that you need to read the --help and do a bit of Googling because it is quite easy from here but the command line that should work for a shutdown and reboot is below - to get the shutdown working or put in the filesystem / quota check, just update the content within the -d switch with & as your parameter separator - see my previous post):
The -k switch is important so it doesn't try and compare the SSL certificate on the ReadyNAS to trusted lists (which you won't have).
I trust you have CURL installed for Windows and when you run it, you get:
H:\>curl
curl: try 'curl --help' or 'curl --manual' for more information
If you get a 'cannot find libeay32.dll' mesage, you need to get the compiled OpenSSL libraries installed from http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html.
I will admit that I was tempted to write back that you need to read the --help and do a bit of Googling because it is quite easy from here but the command line that should work for a shutdown and reboot is below - to get the shutdown working or put in the filesystem / quota check, just update the content within the -d switch with & as your parameter separator - see my previous post):
curl -d "PAGE=System&OUTER_TAB=tab_shutdown&INNER_TAB=NONE&shutdown_option2=1&command=reboot&OPERATION=set" -k -u admin:<your admin password> https://<your address here>/get_handler
The -k switch is important so it doesn't try and compare the SSL certificate on the ReadyNAS to trusted lists (which you won't have).
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