Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 08:19:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Branson Matheson <branson@longstreet.larc.nasa.gov> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (Hackers FreeBSD) Subject: <ctrl> - <alt> - <delete> Message-ID: <199605201219.IAA13848@longstreet.larc.nasa.gov>
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Since I have seen more than one person interested in this problem .. is it unreasonable to ask that this become a sysctl setting that could be changed ? Mabey somthing like hw.ctlaltdel = 1 > > Is there a way under FreeBSD not to have the machine rebooted when > pressing ctrl-alt-del as Linux does? This is an interesting discussion ;-) .. I will copy ( shamelessly ) from the mail archives: > > > 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)? -- ======================================================================== branson matheson | branson@widomaker.com Ferguson SysAdmin | http://widomaker.com/~branson
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