Send Unix Command 'reboot' never completes

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Send Unix Command 'reboot' never completes

I'm going to upgrade the OS on a bunch of machines with the software update command line utility.

It's a simple one liner from ARD, send unix command. I want to add a second line with either reboot or shutdown -r now, but when I do, the taks never completes.

The machine does indeed reboot properly, but the task in ARD never appears to stop.

Why is that?

Posted on Mar 2, 2007 10:36 AM

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varjak paw

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Mar 2, 2007 12:12 PM in response to Darrin Pertschi

It never officially completes because the system reboots before the ARD client can report back the successful completion of the task. It's sort of like you asking someone to disconnect your telephone and then wanting them to call you to tell you it's been done. I know of no way to send the reboot command as a UNIX command without the ARD task hanging waiting for the "completion", but perhaps someone else here will have an idea. I just wait for the updates to complete and then I use the ARD Restart command rather than a UNIX command.

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Mar 5, 2007 6:31 AM in response to varjak paw

Thanks Dave, was kind of what I figured.

I don't like at all, that using the send unix command tool relies on the client to report back status. There should be an option to turn that off. I'd like the command to go off and be acted upon, allowing me to shutdown the admin console if I choose.

Grrrrr.

Thanks for the reply though,

D.

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