cgi-bin script: turn off computer

hamish · 10-20-2005, 01:39 PM

Hey

I'm currently trying to find out how to write a CGI script which would turn off a system. I don't want to install webmin on the system.

Can anyone point me in the direction of some useful sites about writing CGI scripts for this purpose?

Thanks
hamish

spooon · 10-20-2005, 03:47 PM

Why do you want to use CGI to shut down your computer? This sounds like it could be a big security problem. Can't you just SSH into the computer and shut it down from there?

hamish · 10-21-2005, 09:46 AM

No. It won't be a computer which is online. It is for a computer in a booth which people can use to do a certain thing, and I need the clients to be able to turn it off using a simple click of a mouse button.

Hamish