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Article #16Re: DYNIX/ptx equivalent to DYNIX /etc/nologin
From: Pete Gregory
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 19:09
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 19:09
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In article <1992Jul23.100315.13912@aston.ac.uk> stopsdj@uhura.aston.ac.uk (David Stops) writes: >Is there a simple way of preventing people logging on to a DYNIX/ptx system. >In DYNIX this can be achieved by creating /etc/nologin, if this file exists >when a user attempts to log in, login prints its contents and exits. Is there >an equivalent in DYNIX/ptx ? Unfortunately, there is no equivalent in PTX. We're going to use a different approach, and create a "quiescent" mode on our PTX systems whereby everything is up and running, but only administrators can log in. Start by adding code to /etc/profile... -- Pete Gregory | Internet: pete@wvus.org UNIX SA | Bangpath: ames!elroy!wvus!pete World Vision U.S. | Slowpath: 919 W. Huntington Dr., Monrovia, CA 91016
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!wvus!pete From: pete@wvus.org (Pete Gregory) Subject: Re: DYNIX/ptx equivalent to DYNIX /etc/nologin Organization: World Vision U.S. Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 19:09:15 GMT Message-ID: <1992Jul23.190915.26686@wvus.org> References: <1992Jul23.100315.13912@aston.ac.uk> Lines: 16