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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Flash drive booting project questions Post 302510423 by Zygomorph on Sunday 3rd of April 2011 09:01:01 PM
Old 04-03-2011
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Originally Posted by Corona688
Maybe you can find a "throwaway" PIII/P4 system someone'll part with for a song and play with things safely on a computer that's not your main one.
That's probably what I'll end up doing then. Never hurts to have another computer lying around, and it definitely seems less risky than trying to mess around with multibooting off an external device. Thanks for the advice.

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Originally Posted by Corona688
What's a "power user"?
A lazy term that I use to refer to anyone with more computer experience than me, e.g. someone who codes in Assembly or machine language, compiles their own kernel, mines their own copper to draw into wires for ethernet cables, etc. I should probably stop using it as it's neither helpful nor descriptive.
 

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dialups(4)							   File Formats 							dialups(4)

NAME
dialups - list of terminal devices requiring a dial-up password SYNOPSIS
/etc/dialups DESCRIPTION
dialups is an ASCII file which contains a list of terminal devices that require a dial-up password. A dial-up password is an additional password required of users who access the computer through a modem or dial-up port. The correct password must be entered before the user is granted access to the computer. The set of ports that require a dial-up password are listed in the dialups file. Each entry in the dialups file is a single line of the form: terminal-device where terminal-device The full path name of the terminal device that will require a dial-up password for users accessing the computer through a modem or dial-up port. The dialups file should be owned by the root user and the root group. The file should have read and write permissions for the owner (root) only. EXAMPLES
Example 1: A sample dialups file. Here is a sample dialups file: /dev/term/a /dev/term/b /dev/term/c FILES
/etc/d_passwd dial-up password file /etc/dialups list of dial-up ports requiring dial-up passwords SEE ALSO
d_passwd(4) SunOS 5.10 4 May 1994 dialups(4)
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