Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 08:53:56 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Securing the FreeBSD console Message-ID: <199812111653.IAA18697@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <36712E22.E290507A@airnet.net>
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>Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 08:37:22 -0600 >From: Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> >There is at least one new user who learned the salute first, prior to >understanding "su root" and "man shutdown". I think its interesting that >people are familiar with other OS's understand that Control-Alt-Delete >means the system is dead, whereas with FreeBSD, that can be a normal >shutdown. Hey! We beat Microsoft; Windows shutdown is at the minimum two >keystrokes: ALT-F4 and Enter. FreeBSD: One. And from the opposite pole, it came as a singular surprise to me that a keyboard chord of Control-Alt-[some key here] would do *anything* in an expected fashion. Since I had no experience whatsoever with PCs, it never occurred to me that such an action would have a defined meaning. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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