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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tamsun.tamu.edu!bowman.tamu.edu!user
  2. From: bowman@csrp.tamu.edu (Kenneth P. Bowman)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
  4. Subject: Re: "The little yellow button" (Was: Reset button? Or shutdown?)
  5. Followup-To: comp.unix.aix,bit.listserv.aix-l
  6. Date: 23 Nov 1992 22:25:28 GMT
  7. Organization: Texas A&M University
  8. Lines: 15
  9. Distribution: world
  10. Message-ID: <bowman-231192162200@bowman.tamu.edu>
  11. References: <1992Nov18.125454.10827@fwi.uva.nl> <1992Nov21.223207.21508@sactoh0.sac.ca.us> <By6HLr.I1v@math.uwaterloo.ca> <By6MFn.H9s@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
  12. NNTP-Posting-Host: bowman.tamu.edu
  13.  
  14. In article <By6MFn.H9s@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, shair@barolo.cso.uiuc.edu (Bob
  15. Shair) wrote:
  16. > I don't believe that it syncs anything.  When I need to push it, I issue the
  17. > sync command first (don't need to be root for that), then press the BYB.
  18. > 
  19. > Yes, it can be disabled by putting the key in "secure" mode.
  20.  
  21. But that doesn't disable the other big reset button (also known as the
  22. power switch), does it?  It will keep it from rebooting though.
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  24. Dr. Kenneth P. Bowman                          409-862-4060
  25. Climate System Research Program                409-862-4132 fax
  26. Department of Meteorology                      bowman@csrp.tamu.edu
  27. Texas A&M University
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