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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
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Subject: Re: panic() the system from the console (was: Re: kern/13721: There is no way to force system panic from console) 
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On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:30:30 MST, Doug wrote:

> 	Would not the 'panic' option in DDB be enough to handle this, or
> am I missing something?

He wanted a to be able to panic() a machine from console without being
able to drop to DDB from console. I think this is because he believes
that DDB is a security problem. :-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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