On Jan 20, 2006, at 1:33 PM, Chuck Pelto wrote:

> Okay....
>
> I'm using QuicKeys to get around the authentication problem that  
> crops up when I try to make a DMG from a remote machine.
>
> Here's the next level of complexity.
>
> I want my server to tell a second machine to run the applet that  
> generates all the DMG files. The server has enough to do at night,  
> just doing the back-ups of all the data that is on it.
>
> I'm attempting to use the following code to have the server get the  
> remote machine to start making the DMGs of the folders on the  
> various work stations.
>
> set remoteMachine to "eppc://MyName:[log in to unmask]"
>
> tell application "Make DMGs" of machine remoteMachine
>
> 	open
>
> end tell
>
> The problem being reported is that it cannot find the process of  
> Make DMGs on remoteMachine.
>
> What is the solution to get one machine to activate and run an  
> application on a remote machine?
>
> Regards,
>
> Chuck
>

How about this?

tell application "Finder" of machine "eppc://sid" to open file  
"Itunes.app" of folder "Applications" of startup disk

-Mark
Off to the server room to turn off iTunes before someone notices.