Re: Xquartz: xterm hangs with trimenable command
Re: Xquartz: xterm hangs with trimenable command
- Subject: Re: Xquartz: xterm hangs with trimenable command
- From: Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 02:10:41 -0700
> On Sep 13, 2015, at 00:32, René J.V. Bertin <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Saturday September 12 2015 18:02:52 Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia wrote:
>> It isn't a boot parameter. It's stored in nvram, but not as a boot parameter. You need to boot into recovery mode to modify the setting.
>
> Goodness, I guess we're still lucky you don't need some sort of iDongle and a $$/year subscription to modify it ...
If it were settable in boot-args, then an attacker could just set boot-args and reboot your system, or we'd have to lock down boot-args. Making it a separate key in nvram allows you to still change boot-args without needing to boot into recovery mode.
--Jeremy
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