frederit@boulder.Colorado.EDU (FREDERICKS THOMAS M) (12/21/89)
I have recently become a sysadmin for our apollos. I find it rediculous to see that the machines can be shut down by anyone at the console. Is there a way to prevent this. I am referring to the fact that you can just type shut to the login prompt and it will die. BTW we are running sr10.1 on a dn3500. Tom...
lori@hacgate.scg.hac.com (Lori Barfield) (12/22/89)
In article <15111@boulder.Colorado.EDU> frederit@boulder.Colorado.EDU (FREDERICKS THOMAS M) writes: > [...] the machines can be shut down by anyone > at the console. Is there a way to prevent this. [...] If it's that important, you might write your own DM script to mimic the standard DM input window. You would put user input into a buffer, then: sc -off s/ shut /msg 'Ask your local guru to shut me down' ^ ^ | | You'd need to wildcard carefully around the 'shut' string or a DM command 'cv shutterbug.file' would get discombooberated. You'd also need to KD the dark keys on the keyboard. If your problem is that people are shutting down or turning off a disked node off which diskless nodes are booted, then you can put a pad or alarm window on the disked node when the diskless ones come up. This way, the user on the disked node knows better than to shut down or switch off. Another option (something I've done extensively when logged in via an SIO line) is to pop up an alarm window when a user on the diskless node (or SIO line) first logs in, then pop a second when s/he logs out. Remember, you might have to crp and start the alarm_server first if you use that method. ...lori
derstad@CIM-VAX.HONEYWELL.COM ("DAVE ERSTAD") (12/23/89)
While I emphasize with the desire to limit the shutdown command, there's kind of a limit to how far you can go with the power switch and reset button in plain view. If the user wants the node shut down, it'll get shut down... I think a lot has to do with the way the user base perceives the Apollos (i.e. as "real computers" or "personal computers".) Around here, we have about 60 networked Apollos, and probably more Macs in several smaller networks. The Apollos are "real computers" and we have no problems with users shutting them down. The Macs are "personal computers" and get turned on and off left and right, even though there is file sharing, etc. occuring on those systems as well (abeit not as much). Dave Erstad DERSTAD@cim-vax.honeywell.com