enable(C)

enable -- turn on terminals and line printers

Syntax

enable tty ...

enable printers

Description

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

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

For line printers, enable activates the named printers and enables them to print requests taken by lp(C). Use lpstat(C) to find the status of the printers.

Examples

A simple command to enable tty01 follows:

enable tty01

Authorization

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

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