From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 18 07:58:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 645491065699 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:58:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1B3F8FC14 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:58:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k31so1073619fkk.11 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:58:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GhfZ/SlXyvXEub2coLudNB3Ci8QOvBzkXQ+249K4GQ4=; b=hr1Mk+03Uct7JJPgoL6XnrAJjx3WmEVuX/o9d6HrAUnub9nuAbzNaemKlMBiXT/ovk QIwUaSdujvpxosR6AX6KDoDPX2z1IWOE6o3ebOvhIgMx3jkCO44niF1WkKQBbkaiIWzP h/QXnry1K23Epg8dBqsJfF5Ryy/D9sDsPBago= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=mtVPEBamxlKkNi4f0lAGY30RupHkbuTBf3K8WSouyBvsALMBWvjMrp1pRtRhBibzGt /QMZGzcAxfotvVlFF4oeOIKUn0WcwUzoKRhJZdnug6v9L6RIXJpNOAA5J7S3Gmaeojss rraM47z2eVreAa/1Qk+fHKYNV/MnKka7bwiRc= Received: by 10.181.141.7 with SMTP id t7mr1867953bkn.10.1224316712478; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:58:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org (athedsl-278835.home.otenet.gr [85.73.136.209]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 28sm8074500fkx.1.2008.10.18.00.58.31 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:58:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48F99725.2030409@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:58:29 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081011) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Boosten References: <200810180545.m9I5jY45021678@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <48F97D7A.5010303@gmail.com> <48F994A7.8060901@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <48F994A7.8060901@boosten.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Olivier Nicole , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disable CTRL-ALT-DEL X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:58:34 -0000 Peter Boosten wrote: > Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >> Olivier Nicole wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On FreeBSD 6.3 how to disable the CTRL-ALT-DEL from halting/rebooting >>> the system? >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Olivier >>> >>> >> There are two ways of doing this, both described in the FreeBSD FAQ here: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#CAD-REBOOT >> > > Hmmm, didn't know about the second one, and doesn't seem to be working > either (on both 7.0 and 6.3): > > sysctl hw.syscons.kbd_reboot=0 > sysctl: unknown oid 'hw.syscons.kbd_reboot' > > > Peter > It seems you are right. Just checked on 6.3 and 7.0 and it does not exist. It does exist in 6.2, however.