On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 10:37:30PM +0800, Pablo Manalastas wrote:
> You can reboot the system if you do the 3-finger salute Ctrl-Alt-Del.
On SuSE (6.2 at least), ctrl-alt-del is mapped to /sbin/shutdown. It
can be unmapped by editing /etc/inittab or /etc/rc.config or with yast.
Once unmapped, ctrl-alt-del has no effect. I have already forgotten
what the default setting is.
> To prevent an ordinary user from doing this lock the machine in the
> server room and allow only the system administrators to enter the
> room.
>
> You can also reboot the system if you press the reset button. To
> prevent this, do as above.
>
> You can also reboot the system if you unplug then plug the machine.
>
> By the way, the above statements apply not only to RedHat but to other
> Linux distros, and maybe to other Unix machines.
This statement needs to be qualified. ;)
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