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Date:      Tue, 10 Oct 2000 10:18:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com>
To:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: effective use of serial console
Message-ID:  <14819.9533.141056.968810@onceler.kciLink.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10010092250160.946-100000@parmenides.utp.net>
References:  <14817.64539.984808.362682@yertle.kciLink.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10010092250160.946-100000@parmenides.utp.net>

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>>>>> "JvR" == Janko van Roosmalen <janko@compuserve.com> writes:

JvR> I have read somewhere that the classic trick is to add an user to
JvR> your system with "shutdown" as login shell.

But if your system is not responding to logins, it won't help you.
That's about the only time you'd use ctrl-alt-del on a physical
console too.  For example, your proc table is full or some other DoS
attack is going on.

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