Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 10:16:48 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/common boot.c help.common loader.8 src/sys/boot/forth loader.conf Message-ID: <200505201016.48785.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200505192303.j4JN32MX077946@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200505192303.j4JN32MX077946@repoman.freebsd.org>
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--nextPart29383911.gDLIyn3g1M Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, 20 May 2005 08:33, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Extend `autoboot_delay' handling - is this variable is set to -1 don't > allow user to interrupt autoboot process at all. Currently, even when > `autoboot_delay' is set to 0, loader(8) still allows autoboot process to > be interrupted by pressing any key on the console when the loader reads > kernel and modules from the disk. In some cases (i.e. untrusted > environment) such behaviour is highly indesirable and user should not be > allowed to interfere with the autoboot process at all. On a related note - if you have a password set a local user can deny you=20 access by leaving the machine at the password prompt.. I'd like to fix it but my Forth skills are negligble :( =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart29383911.gDLIyn3g1M Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCjTN45ZPcIHs/zowRAr0mAJ9nINYT25faYPtpxY5Ni/LobExVHQCgm2nK jHActrZ3sGTbObOy1WURcWk= =0a22 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart29383911.gDLIyn3g1M--
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