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3 Syntax as a command: word login_word message
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6 Function: changes the login word, or the dialup buffer typed out when
7 a user dials up, or both. You can use it only in ring 4.
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10 Arguments:
11 login_word
12 is a new login word that is set. If you set the login word to
13 shutdown, no users are allowed to log in; if a user dials up, he is
14 told that the system is shutting down and his terminal is hung up
15 immediately. If you give no login_word, the current one is
16 displayed along with the message if you gave one.
17 message
18 is a message string to which the dialup buffer is set. If you give
19 it, and if login_word is "login," the message buffer is reset; if
20 login_word is "shutdown," the message buffer is set to "Multics is
21 shutting down"; if login_word is anything else, the message buffer
22 is set to "Special session in progress."