Bug#286838: ITP: wakeonlan -- Sends 'magic packets' to wake-on-LAN enabled ethernet adapters

[Steve Kemp <skx@debian.org>]

On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 05:03:36PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> Op wo, 22-12-2004 te 15:43 +0000, schreef Steve Kemp:
> > Package: wnpp
> > Version: N/A; reported 2004-12-22
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > * Package name    : wakeonlan
> >   Version         : 0.40
> >   Upstream Author : Jos Pedro Oliveira <jpo at di.uminho.pt>
> > * URL             : http://gsd.di.uminho.pt/jpo/software/wakeonlan/
> > * License         : Perl Artistic License
> >   Description     : Sends 'magic packets' to wake-on-LAN enabled ethernet adapters
> 
> what's the difference with ether-wake?

  It doesn't require the the user who runs the application be root:

steve@earth:~/f/etherwake-1.06$ /usr/sbin/ether-wake 00:0E:A6:75:F1:A9
ether-wake must run as root

Steve
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