Re: ctrl-alt-del not handicap accesable?

Nicholas J. Leon (nicholas@binary9.net)
Thu, 19 Feb 1998 07:20:23 -0500 (EST)


On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Rik van Riel wrote:

# Not specifically, but you _shouldn't_ use ctrl-alt-del
# to reboot your system. You should to a reboot or telinit 6
# (when under Linux or RedHat) to make a clean reboot.

Why not? It just calls "shutdown -r now" anyway ...:

[/etc/inittab]
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r now

There is no functional difference between the two. And very little virtual
difference.

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simple is elegant mrnick.binary9.net nicholas@binary9.net
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