[NTLUG:Discuss] Key sequence to shut down machine?

Rusty Haddock rusty at fe2o3.lonestar.org
Fri May 4 13:20:26 CDT 2007


Neil Aggarwal wrote:
    >Hello:
    >
    >If I go to a Linux box and press Ctrl + Alt + Del,
    >the machine will reboot.
    >
    >Is there a key sequence to shut it down?

No specific key sequence that I know of.  Still, since the system
catches the "3-finger Vulcan Nerve Pinch" look at where it's caught.
You can easily change the shutdown command to do a halt (shutdown -h)

    /etc/inittab

    	-Rusty-
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