Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 16:18:00 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: dirk@hal.in-berlin.de (Dirk Froemberg) Cc: terry@lambert.org, jdli@linux.csie.nctu.edu.tw, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to disable Ctrl-Alt-Del ?! Message-ID: <199602122318.QAA21260@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <m0tm6to-000BO6C@hal.in-berlin.de> from "Dirk Froemberg" at Feb 12, 96 11:39:08 pm
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> > > Chien-Ta Lee writes: > > > > > > > How can I disable reboot from Ctrl-alt-Del ?! > > > > > > [suggestion to disable shutdown_nice() in syscons.c] > > > > Ugh. > > > > Why not just use kbdcontrol to load a slightly modified console > > keyboard map without an "RBT" token in it for the "Delete" key > > with the "Control" and "Alt" modifier bits present. > > Umpf. ;-) > > I don't think this would really disable "CTRL-ALT-DEL". Every user > would be able to bypass this restriction by loading another unmodified > keymap. Every user with this access to the console could press the reset button on the front panel, power off the box, unplud it from the wall, or drop it out the window. Why is a CTRL-ALT-DEL more likely than the least offensive of these (the reset switch)? Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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