Subject: Re: Ctrl+Alt+Esc = db>
To: grant beattie <grant@netbsd.org>
From: Antti Kantee <pooka@cs.hut.fi>
List: current-users
Date: 01/06/2003 12:42:08
On Mon Jan 06 2003 at 14:01:11 +1100, grant beattie wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 09:46:42PM -0500, Gary Thorpe wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to make the key combination work only for the super user
> > or other authorized users?
>
> username/uid is irrelevant because this can only be done on the
> console.
>
> If someone has access to the console, "game over".
You could always set the sysctl ddb.fromconsole to 0 or compile the
kernel with options DDB_FROMCONSOLE 0.
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