redhat man page for ctrlaltdel

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CTRLALTDEL(8)						     Linux Programmer's Manual						     CTRLALTDEL(8)

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 documenta- tion 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) Linux 1.2 25 October 1993 CTRLALTDEL(8)
Related Man Pages
ctrlaltdel(8) - linux
inittab(5) - debian
reboot(2) - suse
inittab(5) - freebsd
inittab(5) - mojave
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