Mark -
I really like that approach.
On my system I changed the privcalss to Y for OPERATOR only.
My operators are not used to typinge CP prefix for CP commands so when
they type SHUTDOWN they get the my SHUTDOWN EXEC that asks them if
they really want to shutdown the system.
/Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 44 years
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On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:46:37 -0600 Mark Wheeler said:
>I define the following in SYSTEM CONFIG:
>/* Class S allows OPERATOR (and only OPERATOR) to issue SHUTDOWN */
> MODIFY Cmd SHUTDOWN PRIVclass S
> DISABLE Cmd SHUTDOWN
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>When OPERATOR wants to shut down the system, they must first issue CP
>ENABLE COMMAND SHUTDOWN, then issue SHUTDOWN.
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>Your gun, your bullet, your foot. But first you have to set the safety off.
>;-)
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>On Tuesday, 11/06/2007 at 01:29 EST, "Schuh, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>> I wholeheartedly agree about using SHUTDOWN for other than CP being a
>> poor choice. Unfortunately, that has been the case for so long that it
>> will be difficult to change it now.
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>And then there was the crowd who wanted the same command on all subsystems
>so as to make it simpler. "Why does IBM invent a new command when we
>already have a perfectly good 'shutdown'?"
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>And, no, nothing is going to change at this point.
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