cvs commit: src/sys/boot/common boot.c help.common loader.8 src/sys/boot/forth loader.conf

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Fri, 20 May 2005 08:33, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
>   Extend `autoboot_delay' handling - is this variable is set to -1 don't
> allow user to interrupt autoboot process at all. Currently, even when
>   `autoboot_delay' is set to 0, loader(8) still allows autoboot process to
> be interrupted by pressing any key on the console when the loader reads
> kernel and modules from the disk. In some cases (i.e. untrusted
> environment) such behaviour is highly indesirable and user should not be
> allowed to interfere with the autoboot process at all.

On a related note - if you have a password set a local user can deny you 
access by leaving the machine at the password prompt..

I'd like to fix it but my Forth skills are negligble :(

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