From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Aug 5 6: 9:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from volatile.chemikals.org (unknown [24.6.40.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7450237B401; Sun, 5 Aug 2001 06:09:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from morganw@chemikals.org) Received: (from morganw@localhost) by volatile.chemikals.org (8.11.5/8.11.3) id f75D9KF31810; Sun, 5 Aug 2001 09:09:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from morganw) Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 09:09:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Wesley Morgan To: Kazutaka YOKOTA Cc: Brad Laue , Dima Dorfman , Kris Kennaway , Pascal Pederiva , Subject: Re: PATCH: syscons.c sysctl for PC-Reboot Keys In-Reply-To: <200108050402.NAA22213@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Message-ID: <20010805090714.E31802-100000@volatile.chemikals.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 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