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From: ddg@intuit.intuit.COM (David DelGreco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Auto backups to tape
Message-ID: <368@intuit.intuit.COM>
Date: 6 Dec 90 03:11:13 GMT
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dbielik@sunb.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Danny Bielik) writes:

>I am running Novell ELS II V2.12 in Non-dedicated mode, and I have it set up so that there is an account whose sole purpose is to wait for 1am and then do a 
>full backup to tape.

>Now, I have this problem, where, whilst it is waiting for a backup, someone
>can come along and CTRL-C and break into an account with full supervisor
>priveleges.  Now I need a way to disable CTRL-C and CTRL_BREAK in order to
>stop anyone from doing this.  I also don't want any TSR memory overhead, so it
>has to be a program that is run then finished, not stay-resident.

>Please don't tell me that I should be using a TSR backup program, because that 
>is what I am trying to avoid by having the backup a/c.

Why not just disconnect the keyboard?  If it's sole purpose is to wait
for a certain time at which point to backup, then no one should be using
it anyway, should they?