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From: davel@hpisoa1.HP.COM (Dave Lennert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Disabling logins under System V
Message-ID: <3760004@hpisoa1.HP.COM>
Date: Mon, 20-Jul-87 18:34:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: hpisoa1.3760004
Posted: Mon Jul 20 18:34:08 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jul-87 03:28:00 EDT
References: <905@woton.UUCP>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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> In article <905@woton.UUCP>, riddle@woton.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle ) writes:
> > I am looking for some advice about the preferred way to temporarily
> > disable all user logins under System V.  
> > ...I want a simple, reversible solution
> > that can be run by the person who comes in on weekends to do our
> > backups. 
> 
> In /etc/inittab, ...

Keep in mind that disabling gettys via /etc/inittab does not disable
logins on ptys via rlogin.

(SOME System V systems support rlogin...)

-Dave Lennert   HP   ihnp4!hplabs!hpda!davel