NASLite Network Attached Storage

Hello ,

Is there anyway I can log into Naslite other than as admin. I want to shutdows the Naslite-2 system everynight at a specified time and was hoping to use commands like "at" if they existed. Or is there any other way I can accomplish this.
ciao
karthik

karthik:

No need (or ability) to login as anything except "admin" ... but ...

Take a look at http://www.serverelements.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=810

You might need to create a ".BAT" file (see the post dated "Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:51 am" on the second page of the thread). Then you can go to ControlPanel/Scheduled Tasks and add a task that does the shutdown for you.

Georg

Thanks Georg,
The script you suggest needs another machine to be on at that time to run the script which may also be a variant.

All I need is to shutdown the system at a specified time of the day. As I use the file server for my home, I dont need it running in the night. There does not seem to be a simple way to achieve that.

karthik

karthik:

Sure there is ...

True, another system needs to be "on" ... but then again, that could be the same system you have suggested using with the "at" command. And yes, the limitation is that my script runs on WinXP (as opposed to Linux, etc) -- but it should also work all the way down to Windows 98. By using Windows TaskScheduler you can set up a job to shutdown your NASLite system at a regular point in time (including when you log on or when the system starts). There is no obvious option to do so together with your shutting down your Windows system, but then again you might not want to do that because it would be executed every restart as well. Or you can click on a shortcut on your desktop which executes my script just before you go to sleep. (Or you can let Windows TaskScheduler shut down your NASLite first, then shut itself down ! I have done this before.)

My main desktop has a RTC (Real Time Clock) option in the BIOS which I set up to power up the system every morning at 07:00. On that one computer I use Windows TaskScheduler to do all sorts of other things, including turning on my Internet Server (a firewall and web-filter system) at 7:03. You get the idea ...

Does that help ?

Georg

Thanks Georg,

I agree that this is perhaps the best possible solution. Although a much more elegant and a fully comprehensive soluton would be to have an option in NAS Lite admin page on a specific time when one may like it to shutdown.

karthik