docs/114925: update handbook to list method for preventing console reboot
David Yeske
dyeske at gmail.com
Thu Jul 26 07:20:01 UTC 2007
>Number: 114925
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: update handbook to list method for preventing console reboot
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Jul 26 07:20:01 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: David Yeske
>Release: HEAD
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD speed 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #1: Wed Jul 18 23:40:39 EDT 2007 root at speed:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SPEED amd64
>Description:
add sysctl to the handbook to prevent a reboot via control alt delete from the console
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
see attachment
Patch attached with submission follows:
Index: book.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.802
diff -u -r1.802 book.sgml
--- book.sgml 17 Jul 2007 18:04:02 -0000 1.802
+++ book.sgml 26 Jul 2007 07:06:15 -0000
@@ -6315,6 +6315,12 @@
<programlisting>options SC_DISABLE_REBOOT</programlisting>
+ <para>This can also be done by setting the following sysctl
+ which does not require a reboot or kernel
+ recompile.</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl -w hw.syscons.kbd_reboot=0</userinput></screen>
+
<para>in the configuration file. If you use the PCVT console
driver, use the following kernel configuration line
instead.</para>
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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