Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 18:46:57 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Jon Parise <jon@csh.rit.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysctl to disable reboot Message-ID: <200105220046.f4M0kvl26687@billy-club.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 21 May 2001 20:23:54 EDT." <20010521202354.F12366@csh.rit.edu> References: <20010521202354.F12366@csh.rit.edu> <20010521123044.H29180@csh.rit.edu> <200105212148.f4LLmGE34968@harmony.village.org>
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In message <20010521202354.F12366@csh.rit.edu> Jon Parise writes: : In addition, I prefer my approach here because it's a single, : known toggle that doesn't involve messing with other parts of the : system. I might just want to disable keyboard rebooting : temporarily. This seems like the most intuitive way to do so. Bah. I'm trying to fight feaping creaturism. I'm not worried about the most intuitive way :-). Seriously, this is unix. You need to use the right tools for the right jobs. Reboot, and a host of other things, are controlled via the keymap. Creating a keymap w/o the reboot (or other objectionable options) in it is the easiest way to deal with the problem. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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