From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Apr 8 18:10: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 241E737B423 for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2001 18:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f391A3O55241; Sun, 8 Apr 2001 18:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 18:10:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200104090110.f391A3O55241@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Subject: Re: kern/26416: ctrl+alt+del --- normal user can reboot machine Reply-To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR kern/26416; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav To: davidx@viasoft.com.cn Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/26416: ctrl+alt+del --- normal user can reboot machine Date: 09 Apr 2001 03:06:08 +0200 davidx@viasoft.com.cn writes: > a normal user can login console and press ctrl+alt+del to reboot > machine [...] Yes. It's a feature. In the unhappy circumstance where you actually have to give users access to the console, and one of them figures the box needs a reboot 'cause it's too slow to his taste or something, what would you rather have him press: Ctrl-Alt-Del, or the reset button? DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message