On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 13:49 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote: > Dax Kelson (dax@xxxxxxxxxxxx) said: > > SysVinit-2.86-12 > > ---------------- > > * Thu Sep 21 2006 Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx> - 2.86-12 > > - set controlling tty for /etc/rc so that ctrl-c can be passed to hung > > services (#184340) > > > > I don't have the permission to read the bug, so I could be interpreting > > this wrong. > > > > You do *not* want users to be able to press ctrl-c during boot up. > > Otherwise they can completely fsck the starting of daemons or commands > > (like remounting / rw), possibly causing a serious security breach. This > > is also a disaster for a kiosk where random malicious joe blows can > > screwup and stop the boot. > > > > I filed a bug circa 1997ish to fix the "can press control-c during > > bootup" problem. Lets not go backwards. > > We have multiple requests from people who want to be able to press > ctrl-c to stop hanging daemons. Note that you can *already* interrupt > rc.sysinit. > > Bill > I second Dax's comment. Can you make it configurable? Gilboa -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
