Subject: Re: reboot via control-alt-delete?
To: Brook Milligan <brook@biology.nmsu.edu>
From: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/19/2000 02:44:46
>> There's already hooks to get into ddb and shift virtual consoles -- why
>> not reboot the machine? (or run arbitrary programs?)
>Wouldn't that be a serious security problem. I'm not sure I want
>anyone with physical access to a machine to be able to reboot it into
>single user mode or run arbitrary programs!
actually if you allow direct access to the computer, you lose the
battle - she can pull the plug. so for me it makes no much difference.
I'm okay to have a extra knob (sysctl?), or some daemon (maybe)
to allow ctl-alt-del, and *turned it off by default*.
itojun