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From: etb@milton.u.washington.edu (Eric Bushnell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: scsci lights, login shell
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Date: 2 Feb 91 00:11:49 GMT
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A couple of (dumb?) questions:

How come the "in-use" LEDs on scsi devices
sometimes insist upon staying lit? Sometimes
rbak -dev whatever -rewind will turn 'em off,
sometimes not. I've tried mt offline also, with
no change.

Does the apollo rgyd/login really require an interactive
shell for each user? I want to create a couple of accounts
that have applications as the shell, e.g. mathematica.
As soon as I login to such an acct, the pad closes with a
"no shell" message.  Also, is there a way to turn off the
Display Manager *and* keep it off, so that such a user can't
create a shell? I know about wmgr -off, but I think that could
be defeated too easily. 

Suggestions to RTFM accepted:  please give page numbers. 8-)

Eric Bushnell
UW Civil Engr
etb@milton.u.washington.edu