From: adb@geek.ca.geac.com (Anthony DeBoer) Subject: Re: How to disable C-A-D for non-root users? Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1993 12:26:51 GMT
David Fox <dfox@hip-hop.suvl.ca.us> writes:
>Joel M. Hoffman (joel@rac2.wam.umd.edu) wrote:
>: I'm using SLS 0.99, with kernel 0.99.9, and as things stand now,
>: anyone can press C-A-D to reboot the machine. Is there any way to
>: disable C-A-D if pressed from a non-root environment? I realize there
> ...
>IMHO it perhaps is better disabling C-A-D completely rather
>than worrying about whether non-root people can do a C-A-D.
>
>The reason for doing this is that C-A-D could be pressed accidentally, and
>it's easier to do it than to run 'shoutdown', which is the correct procedure,
Only if you've compiled the voice-recognition driver into the kernel, and
installed /etc/shoutdown, so that the machine goes to a safe-to-power-off
state when you yell at it. :-)
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