Questions about disabling {CTRL-ALT-DEL}

[Aviss,Tyler]

You need to "telinit q" to re-read confit before it will apply.

(sent from my phone, so please excuse the typos)

On 24-Jun-09, at 9:52 PM, "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org> wrote:

>  Thanks to using Windows at work, "force of habit" makes me
> occasionally try to "logon" with {CTRL-ALT-DEL}, which is not a good
> idea in linux.  I intend to change the /etc/inittab entry...
>
> # What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".
> ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r now
>
> ...to...
>
> # What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".
> ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/usr/bin/chvt 1
>
>  This will transfer me to text console tty 1 instead of rebooting.
> There is a reason for that.  I was thinking of using the "Magic SysReq
> Key" option to as the replacement to force a sync/unmount/reboot, if I
> really need it.  The "Magic SysReq Key" gets intercepted in X.
> Transferring to text console 1 gets around that problem.
>
>  Are there any other booby-traps I should be aware of?  Does the  
> change
> take effect immediately or do I have to reboot?  Are there any other
> side-effects?
>
> -- 
> Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org>
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