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  1. Xref: sparky comp.unix.aix:11872 bit.listserv.aix-l:1765
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!canterbury.ac.nz!chem.canterbury.ac.nz!davis
  3. Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,bit.listserv.aix-l
  4. Subject: Re: "The little yellow button" (Was: Reset button? Or shutdown?)
  5. Message-ID: <By7BC0.Js7@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz>
  6. From: davis@chem.canterbury.ac.nz (John Davis)
  7. Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 03:36:00 GMT
  8. Reply-To: davis@chem.canterbury.ac.nz
  9. Followup-To: comp.unix.aix,bit.listserv.aix-l
  10. References: <By6MFn.H9s@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
  11. Organization: Chem Dept, Uni of Canty, Chch, New Zealand
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  15.  
  16. Bob Shair (shair@barolo.cso.uiuc.edu) wrote:
  17. > mskucher@math.uwaterloo.ca (Murray S. Kucherawy [MFCF]) writes:
  18. > 
  19. > I don't believe that it syncs anything.  When I need to push it, I issue the
  20. > sync command first (don't need to be root for that), then press the BYB.
  21.  
  22. or better still, just let all your users know that the first person
  23. to hit the byb gets their kneecaps removed
  24.  
  25. > Yes, it can be disabled by putting the key in "secure" mode.
  26.  
  27. but doesn't it then also lock the direct attached keyboard? I remember
  28. trying that at some stage, and found I couldn't _do_ anything whilst
  29. it was in secure
  30.  
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  33. | o  John Davis         davis@chem.canterbury.ac.nz      phone NZ+3642-421 o |
  34. | o  (Depart)mental Programmer,Chem Dept, Univ of Canterbury, Chch, NZ     o |
  35. | o   "I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them" - Isaac Asimov    o |
  36.