On November 17, 2004 12:06 pm, Thierry ITTY wrote: > Hello > > I have some red hat linux servers in various locations where people come > and go. They stay with a display and a keyboard, (no mouse, graphics, and > so on), waiting for a login. Sometimes people (usually young kids) type > garbage on the keyboard, maybe hoping something to happen. > I wondered how I could lock the keyboard with some magic sequence. > So the official admin would have to type this sequence to unlock the > keyboard, then enter his login, and this would avoid pages of garbage on > the display > > Is there some tool or a patch to getty to do this ? > > TIA I don't know of any way to do what your asking, but what about removing the keybrd & video and use either ssh (best choice) or even a kvm or serial console in a close but secure closet or room? ...remember those annoying keys that came with every pc so you could lock the keyboard but no-one ever used them? :-) -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
