Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!uflorida!math.ufl.edu!shadrach.math.ufl.edu!bb From: bb@math.ufl.edu (Brian Bartholomew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Disabling power key Message-ID: Date: 30 Apr 91 01:17:20 GMT References: <1991Apr24.093035.5929@sics.se> <1991Apr25.144537.25450@rodan.acs.syr.edu> Sender: news@math.ufl.edu Organization: University of Florida Department of Mathematics Lines: 18 In-Reply-To: mcnichol@rodan.acs.syr.edu's message of Thu, 25 Apr 91 14:45:37 GMT In article <1991Apr25.144537.25450@rodan.acs.syr.edu> mcnichol@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Brendan Thomas McNichols) writes: > Is it possible to disable the power key or to make the program it > calls only executable by a SuperUser? That's only useful if you put the machine in a box and hardwire it with conduit (electrical plumbing) so that the badguy can't reach around and pull out the plug instead. At least the NeXT power-off key does a clean shutdown. In general, you have no security unless you first have physical security. -- "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Bartholomew UUCP: ...gatech!uflorida!beach.cis.ufl.edu!bb University of Florida Internet: bb@math.ufl.edu