Thread: How to disable Factory Reset through PIN code (111222777)
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Old 12-11-2023, 05:35 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by mergen3107 View Post
Ultimately, I can just nuke the "factory_reset" binary (by replacing it with a /dev/null link), but it sits in /bin/ , and I am hesitant to touch it (in contrast to logging things, that sit in /usr/bin/ and /usr/sbin).
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Fun Linux bikeshedding aside, I agree with @Quoth, don't? ;p

You can probably achieve a saner recovery path in case of brainfart by forcing a reboot and killing the passcode over SSH or something (which is trivial, as you're probably aware, c.f., KOReader's startup script), as I would hope the pin lock doesn't inhibit hard reboots?
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