1 03/14/85 word
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3 Syntax as a command: word login_word message
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6 Function: can be used to change either the login word or the dialup
7 buffer typed out when a user dials up, or both. This command can be
8 used in ring 4 only.
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11 Arguments:
12 login_word
13 is a new login word that is set and must be given by users in order
14 to log in. If the login word is set to shutdown, no users are
15 allowed to log in. If a user dials up in this case, he is told that
16 the system is shutting down, and his terminal is hung up
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18 message
19 is a message string to which the dialup buffer is set. The message
20 argument may be omitted; if it is, and if login_word is "login," the
21 message buffer is reset; if login_word is "shutdown," the message
22 buffer is set to "Multics is shutting down"; if login_word is
23 anything else, the message buffer is set to "Special session in
24 progress."