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From: fred@lightside.net (Fred Condo)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to disable alt-crtl-del == reboot
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 15:40:21 -0700
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In article <Dpsv3F.47q@olivetti.nl>, paulz@olivetti.nl (Paul van der Zwan)
wrote:

>Can someone tell me how to configure 2.1 release to not reboot
>when alt-ctrl-delete is pushed ??
>I don't want just anybody with physical access to the keyboard to be
>able to reboot the box.
>
>TIA
>        Paul
>-- 
>Paul van der Zwan                     paulz@olivetti.nl
>Olivetti Nederland B.V.               paulzn@olivetti.nl (NeXT-mail/MIME OK)

Anyone with physical access can push the reset button, so this is pointless.
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