From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jul 19 9:43:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de (dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.243.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45D4737BFBB for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2000 09:43:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA45969; Wed, 19 Jul 2000 18:43:09 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 18:43:09 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200007191643.SAA45969@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Don't unplug that ... ::pfft:: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-chat In-Reply-To: <8l4k43$28f1$1@atlantis.rz.tu-clausthal.de> Organization: Administration TU Clausthal MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: tin/1.4.1-19991201 ("Polish") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/3.4-19991219-STABLE (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In list.freebsd-chat Mathew KANNER wrote: > Um, how about using apm to refuse the power button on the > front of the machine (assuming ATX). They would have to go the extra > mile to shut off the machine. In the case of ATX machines, you can just unplug the "soft" power switch from the mainboard. You can also unplug the "hard" power switch (which is usually at the power supply on the back of the machine) and "hardwire" it inside the power supply. Of course, you have to be very careful doing that. The latter also works for non-ATX computer cases. Of course, it doesn't prevent anyone from pulling the plug from the wall. And apart from that, it might frighten innocent people when pressing the power button has no effect. They might think there's a daemon inside... Sorry for the pun. :) Maybe revisit the superglue idea... ;-) Regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, Leibnizstr. 18/61, 38678 Clausthal, Germany (Info: finger userinfo:olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de) Addresses will change soon!! If in doubt: www.fromme.com "In jedem Stück Kohle wartet ein Diamant auf seine Geburt" (Terry Pratchett) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message