Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 09:04:45 -0600 (CST) From: igor@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu (Igor Roshchin) To: sean@perky.gothic.net.au (Sean Winn) Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stopping users from rebooting with ctr-alt-del Message-ID: <199612201504.JAA23349@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961221013041.3576A-100000@perky.gothic.net.au> from "Sean Winn" at Dec 21, 96 01:38:24 am
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> > I can already see a nice simple problem, in that it would only work after > login...if you need to shutdown because you can't login for some reason > (exhausted swap space because of a nasty process?), then this makes things > difficult...but it should help machines in public places around people who > have too much curiosity. > Why would you need use ctrl-alt-del to reboot the machine ? 1. it's not a shutdown (it doesn't resync, anyhow) 2. if you need to "reboot" it no matter what - use the power switch, or "reset" button if one is present. May be I am wrong, but I don't see bug difference [for Unix] between ctrl-alt-del and "reset" . In a public place I would also disable "reset" and "power" button <grin> (I've seen so many time how our HPs were rebooted by users) IgoR aka StR
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