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- From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
- Subject: Re: 'PowerOffDisabled' suggested trick... (RTF)
- Message-ID: <C0qGHw.2E0@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Keywords: loginwindow, PowerOffDisabled, fasthalt
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- References: <1993Jan11.214939.158@dagobah.fdn.org>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 08:48:54 GMT
- Lines: 22
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- yann@dagobah.fdn.org (Yann Lechelle) writes:
-
-
- > POWER OFF DISABLED... THEN WHAT ?????
-
- > As a paranoid system administrator, I welcomed the
- >'PowerOffDisabled' option from the loginwindow program. However, it
- >is true that when such an option is set, it is not that convenient to
- > actually performs a shutdown without the need to be
- >super-user
- > (which would corrupt security greatly !).
-
-
- >Thanks.
-
- If you are at the console, try Cmd-~ then hit the power key. It
- works even if PowerOff[is]Disabled.
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