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From: matthews@lewhoosh.umd.edu (Mike Matthews)
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Subject: Re: Power Switch Disabling?
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Date: 1 Mar 91 18:32:12 GMT
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In article <1991Mar1.144246.24584@news.stolaf.edu> rabe@beowulf.acc.stolaf.edu.stolaf.edu (brett m rabe; Jiffy Script Inc.) writes:
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>A (perhaps) better way to do it would be to add the -PowerOffDisabled True flag
>to loginwindow in your /etc/ttys file.  Then you wouldn't have to dwrite every
>time your machine is rebooted.  Here's about what your console entry would 
>look like if you added it:
[stuff deleted]

I did one dwrite that stuck.  Perhaps if you don't do it as root it won't
stay around?

And, trust me, I've done a whole lotta reboots...

>brett
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