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From: Martin Machacek <martin@eunet.cz>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Ctrl+Alt+Del reboot
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 18:51:43 +0200
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Does anybody know how to prevent Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot the machine. I
know that console access should be treated as root access, but the
possibility to be able to reboot a machine without even being logged in
makes it much easier for anybody to screw things up.

Cheers,
-- 
Martin Machacek
[Internet CZ, Zirovnicka 6/3133, 106 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic]
[phone: +420 2 24245624 fax: +420 2 24316598]
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