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.

OPTIONS

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

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

FILES

       /etc/rc.local

SEE ALSO

       init(8)

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
       ⟨ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/⟩.