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Date:      Sun, 8 Apr 2001 18:10:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: kern/26416: ctrl+alt+del --- normal user can reboot machine
Message-ID:  <200104090110.f391A3O55241@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR kern/26416; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To: davidx@viasoft.com.cn
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: kern/26416: ctrl+alt+del --- normal user can reboot machine
Date: 09 Apr 2001 03:06:08 +0200

 davidx@viasoft.com.cn writes:
 > a normal user can login console and press ctrl+alt+del to reboot
 > machine [...]
 
 Yes.  It's a feature.  In the unhappy circumstance where you actually
 have to give users access to the console, and one of them figures the
 box needs a reboot 'cause it's too slow to his taste or something,
 what would you rather have him press: Ctrl-Alt-Del, or the reset
 button?
 
 DES
 -- 
 Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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