Re: can't loadkeys anymore? (was Re: Linux-2.6.15.4 login errors)

Andrew Morton
2006-02-17T02:48:26Z

John M Flinchbaugh <john@hjsoft.com> wrote:
>
> This still leaves the question: Why is loadkeys no longer permitted to
> set the keymap for a tty the user currently owns? What if the user
> really does want to run loadkeys without having to be root (ie. to load
> dvorak keymap)?

The problem is that you could possibly change keys to do evil things, then
log out, leaving a trap for the next user.