[H-GEN] Sendmail problems

[Frank Brand]

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>
>On 23 Jul 2001 19:15:08 +1000, Martin wrote:
>> : Is there a way to disable Ctrl-Alt-Delete reboots? My girlfriend seems
to
>> think that its a fix for any problem since she discovered it.
>>
>
>If you edit your /etc/inittab, you can edit what the ctrl+alt+delete
>sequence does.  Look for a line something like:
>
>ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now
>
>and change it to something like:
>
>ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/bin/echo "no, No, NO!  This is NOT Windows!"
>
>however, with it being at the default setting can save you from long
>fsck's on occasions.


I agree with Joel here. Ctrl-Alt-Del can be a useful facility. In the early
versions of Linux this just did a reboot with full fsck because the system
was not shutdown properly. Later versions pointed it to shutdown -r now.

I think if you have a problem, attack the real source of the problem not the
symptom, ie. teach your girlfriend what to do.


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