On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 01:56:16PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > Wrong - shutdown.allow has no affect for ctrl+alt+del. You > can press this even if you are not logged in. Wrong, the existance of /etc/shutdown.allow means that a listed user must be logged in on any of the console tty's for control-alt-delete to work. it does not require a login per se, but someone [listed in shutdown.allow] does have to be logged in for it to work. that is what the -a switch does, man shutdown. if NOBODY is logged into the console and shutdown.allow exists control-alt-delete is disabled. i use this to disable user directed shutdown one a machine i administer remotely. (so they don't kill it while im working) -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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