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Date:      Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:59:22 -0500
From:      Alan Clegg <abc@bsdi.com>
To:        Some Person <ntvsunix@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Securing boot -s and disabling CNTRL-ALT-DEL...
Message-ID:  <20001031195922.J12935@diskfarm.firehouse.net>
In-Reply-To: <F218QMw3opq7WEgYVvZ00005f56@hotmail.com>; from ntvsunix@hotmail.com on Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 12:50:55AM %2B0000
References:  <F218QMw3opq7WEgYVvZ00005f56@hotmail.com>

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Unless the network is lying to me again, Some Person said: 

> Is there a way to secure the console of a FreeBSD box from someone 
> rebooting, weather they pull the plug or CNTRL-ALT-DEL (if not disabled) and 
> issuing a boot -s without having complete root access in single user mode 
> with not password prompt?

sure... in /etc/ttys, read the part about "console" and the "secure" 
keyword.

AlanC


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