Re: Re[2]: snooper watchers

der Mouse (mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU)
Wed, 1 Mar 1995 21:45:00 -0500

> Given the /dev/nit context, I presume we're talking Suns here, in
> which case you can.

>      /usr/etc/reboot [ -dnq ] [ boot arguments ]
[...]

If you have a firmware password set, in my experience the PROM demands
it when you reboot with arguments.  (This is particularly annoying when
booting single-user and fsck fixes / or /usr, because it demands the
password again when the automated reboot happens.)

This is perhaps an argument for setting a PROM password even for
machines with physically secure consoles.

					der Mouse

			    mouse@collatz.mcrcim.mcgill.edu