Subject: Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del
From: mike cullerton (yellowdog@cullerton.com)
Date: Thu Mar 28 2002 - 12:41:26 MST
actually, it's a function of the hardware, not the operating system.
On Thursday, March 28, 2002, at 12:26 PM, John Nelson wrote:
>
> I sure hope not! The "three finger salute" is "small thinking"
> that's a remnant of a home / game computer mentality. Linux and
> Unix come from a secure and mature operating systems model, not game
> machines. There may indeed be a shortcut in Linux, but if there
> is... I'm disabling it. I'd rather not expose my work to the
> tampering or damage that a shortcut would provide.
>
> -- John
>
> Conan C. Albrecht wrote:
>
>> I'm sure this has been asked a thousand times, but I haven't been
>> able to find it on the archives. What is the PPC Linux equivalent
>> to Ctrl-Alt-Delete in 386 Linux? In other words, is there a key
>> combination that will restart my computer without me having to su
>> to root and type reboot?
>>
>> If it helps, I have a TiBook with YDL 2.2
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
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