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Re: turning your computer off



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On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Dean wrote:

>   I'm rather new also, but in order to use <ctrl><alt><delete> you
> will have to enter that into some file or other.

This is properly set up by default on a Debian system to reboot.
(Specifically, it executes "/sbin/shutdown -t1 -r now". Some people (me
included) add the -a option to this). The file is /etc/inittab, the line
looks something like this:
  # What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed.
  ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -r now


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