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The way I would recommend is send the following command to the terminal as sudo.<br />
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Be warned: &nbsp;Scripting a Super User password is not recommended by many experts.<br />
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sudo shutdown -r now<br />
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Not exactly sure how AppleScript handles terminal commands and input to it. &nbsp;I'll see if I can find out. &nbsp;It would be nice if the password could be encrypted in the script as well. 
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The way I would recommend is send the following command to the terminal as sudo.

Be warned:  Scripting a Super User password is not recommended by many experts.

sudo shutdown -r now
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Not exactly sure how AppleScript handles terminal commands and input to it.  I'll see if I can find out.  It would be nice if the password could be encrypted in the script as well.

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Unfortunately, I don't have a clue as to how I would script the terminal...
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Unfortunately, I don't have a clue as to how I would script the terminal...

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Actually, that link is quite useful, thanks!
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Actually, that link is quite useful, thanks!

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In OS X (10.3) I cannot figure out how to write an Applescript to restart an unattended computer (at a scheduled time). Using the &quot;restart&quot; command (as in OS 9) will only bring up the restart/shutdown dialog box. &nbsp;I am not sure how to tell the finder to ignore the dialog.
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In OS X (10.3) I cannot figure out how to write an Applescript to restart an unattended computer (at a scheduled time). Using the "restart" command (as in OS 9) will only bring up the restart/shutdown dialog box.  I am not sure how to tell the finder to ignore the dialog.

Scripting the finder with Applescript in OS X (10.3.x)

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