Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 9:16:13 +0800 From: David Xu <davidx@viasoft.com.cn> To: "Brad Laue <brad@brad-x.com> <Brad Laue" <brad@brad-x.com> Cc: "<freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> <" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Message-ID: <200108060114.JAA30451@mail.viasoft.com.cn>
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Sorry, but why do you think many sysctls are designed for change them frequently? add a sysctl to system is a more convenience way. this is an old topic, I don't want to say more. there was already in mail list archive. -- David Xu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kazutaka YOKOTA" <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: "Brad Laue" <brad@brad-x.com> Cc: "Dima Dorfman" <dima@unixfreak.org>; "Kris Kennaway" <kris@freebsd.org>; "Pascal Pederiva" <freebsd@paped.com>; <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>; <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 12:02 PM Subject: Re: PATCH: syscons.c sysctl for PC-Reboot Keys > AFAIR, yes. > > I don't see much need to add a sysctl for this, because I cannot > imagine in what situation you want to turn on and off the reboot key > on the fly. The system administrator wants to disable the reboot key > entirely, or leave it enabled. > > But, if many people say they need it, perhaps we should add it... > > Kazu > > >Something which I do on my home systems to prevent an accidental reboot - > >the kernel option for that is quite helpful. > > > >Was a solution such as a sysctl discussed previously? > > > >// -- http://www.BRAD-X.com/ -- // > > > >On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > > > >> >Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: > >> > >> This was discussed before. Some people want to disable the reboot key > >> combinataion PERMANENTLY. > >> > >> The keymap can be changed by anyone who has access to one of vtys, > >> thus, some adminisrator worry that the user might just reload his own > >> keymap and will be able to reboot the machine. > >> > >> Kazu > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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