CTRLALTDEL(8)

NAME
ctrlaltdel - set the function of the Ctrl-Alt-Del combination

SYNOPSIS

ctrlaltdel hard|soft

DESCRIPTION

Based on examination of the linux/kernel/reboot.c code, it is clear that there are two supported functions that the <Ctrl-Alt-Del> sequence can perform.

hard
    Immediately reboot the computer without calling sync(2) and without any other preparation. This is the default.

soft
    Make the kernel send the SIGINT (interrupt) signal to the init process (this is always the process with PID 1). If this option is used, the init(8) program must support this feature. Since there are now several init(8) programs in the Linux community, please consult the documentation for the version that you are currently using.

When the command is run without any argument, it will display the current setting.

The function of ctrlaltdel is usually set in the /etc/rc.local file.

OPTIONS

-V, --version
    Display version information and exit.

-h, --help
    Display help text and exit.

FILES

/etc/rc.local

AUTHORS

SEE ALSO

init(8), systemd(1)

REPORTING BUGS

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AVAILABILITY

The ctrlaltdel command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from