disable(C)                    06 January 1993                     disable(C)


 Name

    disable - turn off terminals and printers

 Syntax

    disable tty...

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

 Description

    For terminals, this program manipulates the /etc/conf/cf.d/init.base 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 rea-
            son, 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

 Files

    /dev/tty*
    /etc/conf/cf.d/init.base
    /usr/spool/lp/*

 See also

    login(M), enable(C), inittab(F), getty(M), init(M), lp(C) and lpstat(C).

 Authorization

    The behavior of this utility is affected by assignment of the printerstat
    authorization, which is usually reserved for system administrators. Refer
    to the ``Using a secure system'' chapter of the User's Guide for more
    details.