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.