Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:36:22 -0500 (EST) From: Dru <dlavigne6@sympatico.ca> To: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: protecting loader Message-ID: <20031205123457.D624@genisis> In-Reply-To: <20031204220312.GC15894@npkfbsd> References: <20031204141547.T598@genisis> <20031204220312.GC15894@npkfbsd>
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Nathan Kinkade wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 02:20:07PM -0500, Dru wrote: > > > > Is there a way to prevent a user from bypassing loader and > > loading/unloading stuff at the OK prompt? (other than physical security > > measures) > > > > I tried placing "/boot/loader -n" in "/boot.config", but it didn't make a > > difference. > > > > Dru > > If I understand your question, you could put the following line in your > /boot/loader.conf file: > > autoboot_delay="0" > > I think this will effectively prevent users from interrupting the loader > to make changes. Just make sure that you have some other way to boot > the system, such as a floppy, in case you later run into problems. > > Nathan > -- > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys D8527E49 Actually, I discovered that "password=somevalue" in /boot/loader.conf filled the bill quite nicely :-) Dru
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