Subject: Re: Another changer, another changer problem
To: NetBSD-current Discussion List <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@most.weird.com>
List: current-users
Date: 10/07/1998 23:44:57
[ On Wed, October 7, 1998 at 17:20:54 (-0700), Curt Sampson wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: Another changer, another changer problem
>
> On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Greg A. Woods wrote:
>
> > This is, of course, all blue-sky dreaming at the moment (though I will
> > note that there are existing systems where a reboot will redirect the
> > console to the user's current tty).
>
> Which of course would blow our whole securelevel scheme.
>
> "No thank you."
If you're thinking of the nonsense with "secure" on the console entry in
/dev/ttys, then you're jumping to conclusions too fast again....
There are a zillion ways to handle this safely....
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