On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Bret Hughes wrote:
> I believe that the only reason <ctrl><alt><del> works is because inittab
> case the trap in there. Take it out and <ctrl><alt><del> won't do it
> either. IN my /etc/inittab:
>
> # Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE
> ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
>
> I assume, since this is in there, that this is not a function of the
> hardware but the OS sending a reset to the bios or sume such thing.
>
Yep, ctrl-alt-del is just a keystroke, nothing hardwired to that.
A handy thing to turn off if you have NT admins wandering around your
server room...damn them.
Unless the box is physically locked down, nothing is secure, one can
always boot from floppy or something to get at the filesystem. (Yes, you
can lock the BIOS, but that can be wiped. Yes, you can take out the
floppy, but that can be replaced. A locked door works much better. :> )
Bill Carlson
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