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Re: Disabling the power button



Quoting Alisdair McDiarmid (alisdair@letdown.demon.co.uk):
> I've got an ATX system with APM enabled and working fine. I'd like to
> disable the power button in software so that the machine effectively
> cannot be switched off without root access - `shutdown -h now' would
> still halt and power-down.
> 
> Is this possible? I can't find an option similar to this in the
> kernel options.

Is it in your CMOS?

But can't they just pull the plug?

Cheers,

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