On March 4, 2003 07:51 pm, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > on Tue, 04 Mar 2003 07:23:42PM -0800, Marc Wilson insinuated: > > IMHO your box is broken somewhere if Ctrl-Alt-Del *ever* works to > > reboot the machine. > > so, say you're in charge of a server, and you or another sysadmin > has lost root, and you need to take it down in order to reboot into > single-user mode and reclaim root. wouldn't CTRL+ALT+DEL be better > than just holding down the power button? or are they equivalent? > > </nori>
CTRL+ALT+DEL is more equivalent to "shutdown -r now" than holding the power button.. The power button will physically cut power (bad idea) while CTRL+ALT+DEL will initiate a proper shutdown sequence (I think). Leo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
