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Remote Management 4-5

4.3.2 Restrictions

The following restrictions apply to the WOL utility.

You must be logged in as root or have superuser privileges to use the WOL
utility.

The target system must be on the same subnet as the system where the
WOL utility is involked.

The target system’s power cannot be turned off with the WOL utility.

4.3.3 Commands

Syntax:

/usr/sbin/wol [

nw_interface

]

hw_address


nw_interface

Specifies the network interface to use in making the connection to the
target system, for example:

tu

1. This argument is optional.

hw_address

Specifies the hardware network address of the target system. This
argument is mandatory.

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4.3.4 Exit

Status

Exiting successfully will return the prompt

0

(Zero)

If an error occurred, you will see

>0

4.3.5 Error

Conditions

You may encounter the following common error conditions:

Error detecting default interface

Explanation:
The WOL utility cannot detect a default network interface automatically.

User Action:

Verify that a configured network interface exists on your system.

Manually specify a configured network interface on the WOL command line.