Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 20:43:46 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> 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: <4290C4D2.9020705@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200505201016.48785.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <200505192303.j4JN32MX077946@repoman.freebsd.org> <200505201016.48785.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Daniel O'Connor wrote: > 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 > access by leaving the machine at the password prompt.. > > I'd like to fix it but my Forth skills are negligble :( So as mine. :-/ -Maxim
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