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Subject:Re: Login or Logon? From:Michael Krigsman <mkrigsman -at- CPUB -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 4 Jun 1995 20:14:53 -0500
Under Windows NT, users LOGON and LOGOFF. Under NetWare, users LOGIN and LOGOUT.
Hope that helps.
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At 05:51 PM 5/25/95 GMT, Tod the Fox wrote:
>In article <95052219264011019 -at- mustang -dot- com>,
>Gwen Barnes <gwen -dot- barnes -at- mustang -dot- com> wrote:
>>Various people:
>>
>>-> >Do we:
>>-> >Log in or on?
>>-> >Log out or off?
>Well, seeing as how I have two files called .login and .logout, I have
>always used log in and log out. I believe it stems from time in and
>time out - you wouldnt time on or time off, would you?
>Just my two cents - thanks for starting this discussion, as it is
>interesting to see what different people use...
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