Re: Ctrl-alt-del shock

[Matthew Hannigan <matth@ucc.su.oz.au>]

Daniel Quinlan  <quinlan@spectrum.cs.bucknell.edu> writes:
> Dhaliwal Bikram Singh <a336dhal@cdf.toronto.edu> writes
> > WHy is it that the latest release allows anyone to reboot the
> > computer with a simple ctrl-alt-del , even at the login prompt.
> > This is UNACCEPTABLE.
> 
> I suppose you would rather that they went for the power switch?

Exactly.  Anyone who can ctrl-alt-del can just as easily and
more dangerously hit the off switch.

If you have actually have the (I'd say extremely rare) case of
the console keyboard isolated from the machine, then you can make
the change yourself.

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	-Matt Hannigan