protecting loader

Nathan Kinkade nkinkade at ub.edu.bz
Fri Dec 5 09:20:32 PST 2003


On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 02:20:07PM -0500, Dru wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to prevent a user from bypassing loader and
> loading/unloading stuff at the OK prompt? (other than physical security
> measures)
> 
> I tried placing "/boot/loader -n" in "/boot.config", but it didn't make a
> difference.
> 
> Dru

If I understand your question, you could put the following line in your
/boot/loader.conf file:

autoboot_delay="0"

I think this will effectively prevent users from interrupting the loader
to make changes.  Just make sure that you have some other way to boot
the system, such as a floppy, in case you later run into problems.

Nathan
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