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Date:      Fri, 17 Sep 1999 11:45:36 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        Doug <Doug@gorean.org>
Cc:        Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG, bde@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: panic() the system from the console (was: Re: kern/13721: There is no way to force system panic from console) 
Message-ID:  <73296.937561536@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:30:30 MST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909161329200.26117-100000@dt014nb6.san.rr.com> 

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On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:30:30 MST, Doug wrote:

> 	Would not the 'panic' option in DDB be enough to handle this, or
> am I missing something?

He wanted a to be able to panic() a machine from console without being
able to drop to DDB from console. I think this is because he believes
that DDB is a security problem. :-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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