ctrl-alt-del

Cyber Source peter at thecybersource.com
Tue Nov 16 09:03:13 EST 2004


In Gnome, I still get a confirmation prompt, to prevent accidental reboots.

Dennis Ruzeski wrote:

>If you look at your /etc/inittab, you'll see that hitting ctrl+alt+delete just executes a shutdown. I prefer to disable it to prevent accidental reboots.
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>--Dennis
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Timothy Domst [mailto:timothy.domst at verizon.net]
>Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 11:54 PM
>To: NFLUG
>Subject: ctrl-alt-del
>Importance: Low
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>Why is it so bad to let rebooting happen through ctrl-alt-del ?  Is 
>there a way to remotely type in characters that imitate ctrl-alt-del, 
>or is it just for security against people in the office or wherever?
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