Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 09:09:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Wesley Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org> To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Cc: Brad Laue <brad@brad-x.com>, Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, Pascal Pederiva <freebsd@paped.com>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PATCH: syscons.c sysctl for PC-Reboot Keys Message-ID: <20010805090714.E31802-100000@volatile.chemikals.org> In-Reply-To: <200108050402.NAA22213@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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This may not be much of a suggestion, but it might be a nice feature that when you increase the securelevel the C-A-D reboot automatically disables. Not something that would come in handy frequently, but it would make raising securelevels even more of a quick lockdown. On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > AFAIR, yes. > > I don't see much need to add a sysctl for this, because I cannot > imagine in what situation you want to turn on and off the reboot key > on the fly. The system administrator wants to disable the reboot key > entirely, or leave it enabled. > > But, if many people say they need it, perhaps we should add it... > > Kazu > > >Something which I do on my home systems to prevent an accidental reboot - > >the kernel option for that is quite helpful. > > > >Was a solution such as a sysctl discussed previously? > > > >// -- http://www.BRAD-X.com/ -- // > > > >On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > > > >> >Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: > >> > >> This was discussed before. Some people want to disable the reboot key > >> combinataion PERMANENTLY. > >> > >> The keymap can be changed by anyone who has access to one of vtys, > >> thus, some adminisrator worry that the user might just reload his own > >> keymap and will be able to reboot the machine. > >> > >> Kazu > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > -- _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ Wesley N Morgan _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ morganw@chemikals.org _ __ | _ \._ \ |) | FreeBSD: The Power To Serve _ |___/___/___/ 6bone: 3ffe:1ce3:7::b4ff:fe53:c297 Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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