1 03/30/87 logout
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3 Syntax: logout -control_args
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6 Function: terminates your session and ends communication with the
7 Multics system. It is used from a terminal that is logged in but not
8 connected to a process. See "Notes on disconnected processes" in
9 login.info. It informs the answering service that the user who gave a
10 correct Person_id-password combination is no longer using the
11 terminal.
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14 Control arguments:
15 -brief, -bf
16 prints neither the logout message nor, if you give -hold, the login
17 message.
18 -hold, -hd
19 terminates your session but not communication with the system: you
20 can immediately log in without redialing.
21 -long, -lg
22 prints both the logout message, and if -hold is given, the login
23 message. Default
24 -no_hold, -nhd
25 terminates your session and drops your communication line. Default
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28 Notes: If your site is security conscious, it may have disabled
29 "logout -hold"; in this case if you wish to change authorization, do
30 this:
31 1. log out
32 2. verify, using terminal/modem indications, that the terminal has
33 dropped DTR and that the system acknowledged by dropping DSR
34 3. log in at the new authorization.
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36 This procedure is the only way to guarantee that you are communicating
37 with the answering service and not with a Trojan horse.