ctrlaltdel.8 (709B)
1 .TH CTRLALTDEL 8 ubase-VERSION 2 .SH NAME 3 \fBctrlaltdel\fR - Set the function of Ctrl-Alt-Del combination 4 .SH SYNOPSIS 5 \fBctrlaltdel\fR [\fB-hs\fR] 6 .SH DESCRIPTION 7 Based on examination of the linux/kernel/sys.c code, it is clear that 8 there are two supported functions that the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence can 9 perform: a hard reset, which immediately reboots the computer without 10 calling sync(2) and without any other preparation; and a soft reset, 11 which sends the SIGINT (interrupt) signal to the init process (this is 12 always the process with PID 1). If this option is used, the init(8) 13 program must support this feature. 14 .SH OPTIONS 15 .TP 16 \fB-h\fR 17 Perform a hard reset 18 .TP 19 \fB-s\fR 20 Perform a soft reset