Adminc Thin Client Controller; Command Line Options; Adminc Examples - Novell SLRS 8 Admin Manual

Option Explanation
-S Defines a valid server. The names of the connecting servers are
compared against this list. Short names can be used and will be
expanded for the local domain.
-U Defines a valid username on the connecting machine.
-X Defines the fixed commands. Each command has a single letter or
digit key ("X:[0-9a-zA-Z]").
Table 15.2: Configuration information for admind.conf

15.7.4 Adminc Thin Client Controller

Adminc distributes commands to thin clients running adminc. It sends a com-
mand string to list of IP addresss. Adminc will attempt to connect to clients in
parallel up to a specified maximum number.

15.7.5 Command Line Options

AdminD has the following command line optional command line arguments:
adminc [–port] <portno>
[–parallel] <maxparallel>
[–commands] <keys> IP [IP*]
adminc [–wake] MAC [MAC*]
Option Explanation
--port Port number that admind listens on. Default is 8888.
--parallel Maximum number of parallel sessions to start. Default is 8.
--commands Command keys to be sent to clients. These are specified in
the client's admind.conf file.
--wake Ether-wake command is executed to start clients.
Table 15.3: Command line options for adminc

15.7.6 Adminc Examples

adminc –command 0 192.168.99.11 192.168.99.12 192.168.99.13
Node: 192.168.99.11 Exit Code: 0
Node: 192.168.99.12 Exit Code: 65280
Node: 192.168.99.13 Exit Code: 0
adminc –command 6 'posGetIP'
adminc –wake 'posGetIP –mac –noip'
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