ctrlaltdel(8) — Linux manual page

CTRLALTDEL(8)             System Administration            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

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

       -V, --version
           Print version and exit.

FILES

       /etc/rc.local

AUTHORS

       Peter Orbaek <poe@daimi.aau.dk>

SEE ALSO

       init(8), systemd(1)

REPORTING BUGS

       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at
       https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.

AVAILABILITY

       The ctrlaltdel command is part of the util-linux package which
       can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>. This page
       is part of the util-linux (a random collection of Linux
       utilities) project. Information about the project can be found at
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       2024-06-14. (At that time, the date of the most recent commit
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util-linux 2.39.594-1e0ad      2023-07-19                  CTRLALTDEL(8)

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