NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       ctrlaltdel hard|soft

DESCRIPTION

       Based  on  examination of the linux/kernel/sys.c code, it is clear that there are two supported functions
       that the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence can perform: a hard reset, which immediately reboots the computer  without
       calling  sync(2)  and without any other preparation; and a soft reset, which sends 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.

       ctrlaltdel is usually used in the /etc/rc.local file.

FILES

       /etc/rc.local

SEE ALSO

       simpleinit(8), init(8)

AUTHOR

       Peter Orbaek (poe@daimi.aau.dk)

AVAILABILITY

       The   ctrlaltdel   command   is   part   of   the   util-linux   package   and    is    available    from
       ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

util-linux                                        October 1993                                     CTRLALTDEL(8)