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Date:      Tue, 14 Oct 1997 08:37:14 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Eugeny Kuzakov <Eugeny.Kuzakov@lab321.ru>
Cc:        Daniel Podolsky <nil@Novavox.Ru>, "'freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del on console
Message-ID:  <199710141437.IAA06817@rocky.mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <3443756B.795B64C9@lab321.ru>
References:  <c=US%a=_%p=Novavox%l=SHERIFF-971014121711Z-2897@sheriff.novavox.ru> <3443756B.795B64C9@lab321.ru>

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> > Sorry for stuped question ;)
> > If anybody (usually me) press Ctrl-Alt-Del on my FreeBSD box console the
> > reboot procedure starts. Is it possible to disable this (if I press
> > Ctrl-Alt-Del nothing happen)?
>
> You need find in /sys/i386/isa/syscons.c  comment shutdown_nice();.
> :) Or replase this string to printf("Dont touch ");

No, no, no.  That's overkill.  ;)


Simple modify the keymap to not send out the 'boot key' from the
keyboard, and it'll never reboot your computer.  No editing sources, no
hacking required.  man kdbmap.



Nate


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