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    The clumsy admin and CTRL-ALT-DEL - request to disable it in the kernel

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      ssheikh
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      Seems like I do it every time. Used to managing Windoze boxes and inadvertently hit CTRL-ALT-DEL on the console and reboot the firewall.

      I briefly looked at disabling it through kbdmap but dropped it (didn't have time then) after seeing how many files there were in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/

      Was wondering if there is any real benifit for having CTRL-ALT-DEL reboot the machine? My request to the developers would be to disable it in the kernel.

      Shahid

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        Cry Havok
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        Setting the sysctl hw.syscons.kbd_reboot to 0 should do what you want.  Add this to /etc/sysctl.conf and it'll survive reboots.

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          ssheikh
          last edited by

          Added the line:

          sysctl hw.syscons.kbd_reboot=0

          at the end of the file /etc/sysctl.conf and it worked like a charm.

          Thanks for the tip.

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