From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon May 3 18:40: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D55515306 for ; Mon, 3 May 1999 18:40:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id SAA05336; Mon, 3 May 1999 18:40:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 18:40:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199905040140.SAA05336@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Matthew Hunt Subject: Re: misc/11475: Possible security hazard? Reply-To: Matthew Hunt Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/11475; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Matthew Hunt To: "G. Adam Stanislav" Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/11475: Possible security hazard? Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 18:33:07 -0700 On Mon, May 03, 1999 at 08:10:05PM -0500, G. Adam Stanislav wrote: > While only a superuser can execute the reboot command, any user can > accomplish the same thing by pressing ctl-alt-delete. Not a bug. A local user can also hit the reset button or kill the power or do pretty much anything else. Physical security is your friend. Don't let untrusted people hang out at the console. > >Fix: > > Unknown If you don't want this behavior, edit the keymap that you're using. See (I think) /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/. It is easily changed. -- Matthew Hunt * UNIX is a lever for the http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * intellect. -J.R. Mashey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message