NAME

       ctrlaltdel - set the function of the Ctrl-Alt-Del combination

SYNOPSIS

       ctrlaltdel hard|soft

DESCRIPTION

       Based  on  examination  of  the  linux/kernel/reboot.c  code,  it  is  clear that there are two supported
       functions that the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence can perform.

       hard   Immediately reboot the computer without calling sync(2) and without any other  preparation.   This
              is the default.

       soft   Make the kernel send the SIGINT (interrupt) signal to the init process (this is always the process
              with PID 1).  If this option is used, the init(8) program must support this feature.  Since  there
              are  now several init(8) programs in the Linux community, please consult the documentation for the
              version that you are currently using.

       When the command is run without any argument, it will display the current setting.

       The function of ctrlaltdel is usually set in the /etc/rc.local file.

OPTIONS

       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit.

       -h, --help
              Display help text and exit.

FILES

       /etc/rc.local

SEE ALSO

       init(8), systemd(1)

AUTHOR

       Peter Orbaek ⟨poe@daimi.aau.dk⟩

AVAILABILITY

       The ctrlaltdel command is part of the util-linux package and  is  available  from  Linux  Kernel  Archive
       ⟨https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/⟩.