disable(C)

disable -- turn off terminals and printers

Syntax

disable tty ...

disable [ -c | -W ] [ -r [ reason ] ] printers

Description

For terminals, this program manipulates the /etc/conf/init.d/kernel file and signals init to disallow logins on a particular terminal.

Do not use this command to disable /dev/console, as this may corrupt the /etc/inittab file.

For printers, disable stops print requests from being sent to the named printer. The following options can be used:

-c: Cancels any requests that are currently printing. This option cannot be used with the -W option.
-W: Disables the specified printers when the print requests currently printing have finished. This option cannot be used with the -c option.
-r [ reason ]: Associates a reason with disabling the printer. The reason applies to all printers listed up to the next -r option. If the -r option is not present or the -r option is given without a reason, then a default reason is used. reason is reported by lpstat(C).

Examples

In this example, a printer named linepr is disabled because of a paper jam:

disable -r"paper jam" linepr

Authorization

The behavior of this utility is affected by assignment of the printerstat authorization, which is usually reserved for system administrators. See ``Using a secure system'' in the DocView Security topic for more details.

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