Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 13:48:14 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FAQ for preventing console 3-finger salute Message-ID: <47435.941111294@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:10:07 %2B0100." <19991026221007.B15089@kilt.nothing-going-on.org>
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On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:10:07 +0100, Nik Clayton wrote:
> > I'm happy to send diffs, I just figured I should check whether the
> > existing advice perhaps has benefits I haven't thought of.
>
> Apparently, it doesn't :-)
Ah, I found a reason. The syscons option only became available in 2.2.7
and the pcvt option only became available in 2.2.5.
> Diffs please ;-)
Sure.
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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<para>How do I keep Control-Alt-Delete from rebooting the system?
</para></question><answer>
-<para>Edit the keymap you are using for the console and replace the
+<para>If you are using syscons (the default console driver)
+in FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE or later,
+build and install a new kernel with the line</para>
+
+<para>
+<literallayout>options SC_DISABLE_REBOOT</literallayout></para>
+
+<para>in the configuration file.
+If you use the PCVT console driver
+in FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE or later,
+use the following kernel configuration line instead:</para>
+
+<para>
+<literallayout>options PCVT_CTRL_ALT_DEL</literallayout></para>
+
+<para>For older versions of FreeBSD,
+edit the keymap you are using for the console and replace the
<emphasis remap=tt>boot</emphasis> keywords with <emphasis remap=tt>nop</emphasis>. The default keymap is
<filename>/usr/share/syscons/keymaps/us.iso.kbd</filename>. You may have to instruct
<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> to load this keymap explicitly for the change to
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