[NTLUG:Discuss] preventing KDE from trapping ctrl+alt+del

[jeremyb@univista.com]

 Thanks Alton,
  but in this case ctrl+alt+del causes KDE to show a logout prompt.
which is not related to /etc/inittab rebooting the machine..  I have that
disabled already anyway.
I've been informed that this behavior is part of X not KDE specifically.

Anyhow,  Cliff Cyphers of CTLUG let me know that F8 will make vncviewer open
it's menu, wherein I can send ctrl+alt+del to the remote server. That's
really all I need to do.

thanks everyone,
   Jeremy

-----Original Message-----
From: Alton R. Pouncey, II
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Sent: 10/4/02 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] preventing KDE from trapping ctrl+alt+del

On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 08:40, jeremyb at univista.com wrote:
> I need to stop KDE from trapping ctrl+alt+del. Anyone know how to
disable 
>   this? 
>    I've spend a little time digging around the KDE docs but have had
no 
>   success yet. 
>   I'm sure one of you folks knows the answer. 
> 
>   thanks in advance, 
>     Jeremy 
> 
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As far as I know, KDE (or any other windowing system) has nothing to do
with the ctrl-alt-del ability.  The answer lies in /etc/inittab.

There should be a line in /etc/inittab that looks something like this: 

  ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

Either comment it out or remove it to disable it or change it to print
out an error message or something.

Once you edit the inittab you have have init reload it:

kill -HUP 1 

Then ctrl-alt-del should cease to reboot the system.
 
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