Subject: Re: Ctrl+Alt+Del = db>
To: Joel Wilsson <joelw@unix.se>
From: Gary Thorpe <gathorpe79@yahoo.com>
List: current-users
Date: 01/05/2003 21:46:42
 --- Joel Wilsson <joelw@unix.se> wrote: > On Monday, January 6, 2003,
at 12:30  am, Thomas Miller wrote:
> > I accidentally hit Ctrl+Alt+Esc when I meant to type Ctrl+Alt+F1.
> > I discovered that hitting Ctrl+Alt+Esc crashes my system reliably,
> > where "reliably" means five times in a row.
> 
> That's ddb, the in-kernel debugger. From the ddb(4) man page:
> "... key sequences for each port that will activate ddb from
>   the keyboard:
>   [...]
>   i386     <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Esc>"
> 
> You can disable it by compiling a kernel using a kernel config
> without options DDB in it, if it really disturbs you.
> 
> //joelw
>

Is there a way to make the key combination work only for the super user
or other authorized users?

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