Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 11:33:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Brad Laue <brad@brad-x.com> To: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>, Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org>, Pascal Pederiva <freebsd@paped.com>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PATCH: syscons.c sysctl for PC-Reboot Keys Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0108051131480.40197-100000@TMA-1.brad-x.com> In-Reply-To: <20010805144228.A94134@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
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Overcomplication. The sysctl controlling ctrl-alt-del is practical since it acheives the goal of preventing keyboard reset, whereas there is little need to prevent changing a keymap unless it is specifically to disable/enable keyboard reset. Brad // -- http://www.BRAD-X.com/ -- // On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, David Malone wrote: > What I think we need is a sysctl which controls users ability to > change the keymap. I keep meaning to impliment something which does > has three modes: > > 1) All users can set the keymap to anything. > 2) Only root can change the keymap. > 3) Ordinary users can change the mapping of "normal" keys > but cannot change reboot/panic/etc. Root can still change > these. > > David. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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