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Ultrix world!

  We have a couple of DECstation 2100s that we will be placing into a
fairly uncontrolled and hostile user environment.  We would like to be
able to have a hardware password to get at some of the more fun console
commands.  We want to prevent these machines from getting into single
user mode unless the person knows the hardware password or some other
such method to get to single user mode.  All it takes is some
enterprising user to unplug the machine turn it on, and boot to single
user mode to muck up that machine.  It doesn't take much more to figure
out some commands and get some nfs partitions mounted and then go about
wiping them out.  I realize a hardware password will probably only slow
down someone who is really good, but I don't think we have anyone on
campus like that at this time.  Any pointers anyone can give about a
firmware upgrade that will do this for us, without going to a 5000/xxx,
I would like to hear about it.  Aside from that, if there are other ways
to do something like this, I would like to hear those also.  Thanks.


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Mark Van Overbeke                   Systems Software Programmer
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