On Oct 8, 2011, at 10:43 PM, Mark Lively wrote:

> On Oct 8, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Emmett Gray wrote:
> 
>> I have the following script to shut down a bank of machines. It runs from the editor but not when saved as a script or app. It also runs as a QuicKeys script, so that's my workaround. But why? TIA.
>> 
>> set machNum to "11"
>> repeat 7 times
>> 	set machNum to (machNum + 1) as string
>> 	set remoteMachine to "eppc://pge:[log in to unmask]" & machNum
>> 	using terms from application "Finder"
>> 		tell application "Finder" of machine remoteMachine to shut down
>> 	end using terms from
>> end repeat
> 
> I didn't think you could call shut down remotely.
> 
> Do you get an error or a not running?  Have you tried throwing in dialogs?
> 
> -Mark
> 

you can using ssh

do shell script " ssh [log in to unmask] `shutdown -r now` "