Re: 'PowerOffDisabled' suggested trick... (RTF)

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From: David Lemson
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 08:48

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yann@dagobah.fdn.org (Yann Lechelle) writes:


>  POWER OFF DISABLED...  THEN WHAT ?????

>	As a paranoid system administrator, I welcomed the  
>'PowerOffDisabled' option from the loginwindow program. However, it  
>is true that when such an option is set, it is not that convenient to  
>	actually performs a shutdown without the need to be  
>super-user
>	(which would corrupt security greatly !).


>Thanks.

If you are at the console, try Cmd-~ then hit the power key.  It
works even if PowerOff[is]Disabled.
-- 
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From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
Subject: Re: 'PowerOffDisabled' suggested trick... (RTF)
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