Re: [ctrl]-[alt]-[del] => 'shutdown -h now'

[Joe Bouchard <joe@bouchard.com>]

On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 09:07:56AM +0000, alan@socrates.cat-it.co.nz wrote:
> Hi Group,
> 
>   Currently when I 3-finger-salute my laptop It seems to run 
> 'shutdown -r now' I remember a previous post which mentioned 
> changing this to 'shutdown -h now' - but I can't seem to dig it out 
> ... can anyone jog my memory...

See your /etc/inittab file:

# What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed.
ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now

change the -r to -h and you should be all set.  Since inittab is read on
boot, I expect it would take a reboot to take affect.

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Thank you,
Joe Bouchard

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