How do I control-alt-delete from a unix viewer?

[Warden, Christian]

unless i'm mistaken, it is init that is trapping ctrl-alt-del..you can
comment out the line similar to "ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r now"
in /etc/inittab to prevent this..

xn

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mac Reiter [SMTP:MacReiter "at" bigfoot.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, July 16, 1998 7:34 AM
> To:	vnc-list "at" orl.co.uk
> Subject:	Re: How do I control-alt-delete from a unix viewer?
> 
> Just a note.  All this pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete on Linux makes me
> kinda
> nervous.  I realize it is trapped for normal users, BUT:
> 
> 
> If you are _root_, pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del executes a "shutdown -r now"
> without asking, no matter what app is up.
> 
> 
> 
> Since I frequently find myself running as root (I know, bad practice,
> but I
> stay careful, and there's nothing critical on the machine), I would
> really
> prefer having some other way to send CAD than pressing that
> sequence...
> 
> Mac Reiter
> 
> At 01:59 PM 7/16/98 +0100, James [Wez] Weatherall wrote:
> >On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Bunicula wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, James [Wez] Weatherall wrote:
> >> 
> >> > On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Neal M Gafter wrote:
> >> > 
> >> > > Hitting the keys control-alt-delete doesn't work from my unix
> vncviewer
> >> > > client viewing a windows server.  The windows client has a menu
> item to
> >> > > send control-alt-delete; is there anything equivalent for the
> unix
> >> > > client? 
> >> > 
> >> > Which Windows platform are you trying to Ctrl-Alt-Delete to?
> >> 
> >> I was just about to post the same question: In my case it was WinNT
> 4.0,
> >> from the Linux viewer. The screen saver had locked, and I couldn't
> >> figure out how to unlock it :) 
> >
> >Which Del key are you using when trying to generate the Ctrl-Alt-Del?
> I'm
> >told that _only_ the one above the cursor keys works.  Backspace and
> the
> >del on the numeric keypad won't work.  You could use xev to find out
> what
> >the Del key you're using produces.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >James "Wez" Weatherall
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