On Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 07:58:17PM -0500, Joe Bouchard wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 10:01:22AM +0100, Svante Signell wrote: > > - I want to enable my family to use Linux instead of the other > > OS. Therefore it is important that they can start the computer, run > > it and shut down in a CONTROLLED way. Restart/shutdown are menu > > entries in the other OS!! > > Can you teach your kids to type "sudo reboot"? (I don't mean that > sarcastically, I have kids too . . .) You may even be able to put it in > a menu item.
I believe Debian supports the ctrl-alt-del key sequence for shutdown. You might have to enable it in /etc/inittab. The line looks like: # What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed. ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now -- William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada How the Internet explodes myths... - the GOOD TIMES email virus hoax, brought to life courtesy Microsoft - MAKE MONEY FAST brought to reality on Wall Street by dot-coms and Linux
