Joost De Cock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Friday 25 June 2004 08:48, Alexis Huxley hurled the following on the wire: >> Yes, comment out the 'ca' entry in /etc/inittab and get init >> to reload the config file with the command 'telinit q'. >> >> You need to be root to do both. > > I've got this in my /etc/inittab: > > # Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE > ca::ctrlaltdel:/usr/bin/clear & /usr/bin/wall < /root/ctrlaltdel
Why do you put /usr/bin/clear in the background and therefore execute it concurrently with /usr/bin/wall? > /root/ctrlaltdel looks like: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] sds]# cat /root/ctrlaltdel > Aiai - The three finger salute > > [...] > Honestly, I'm a bit pissed of So would I be, if all non-root users could send text to all my (pseudo) terminals, even those in "mesg n" mode. :-) Martin -- ,--. Martin Dickopp, Dresden, Germany ,= ,-_-. =. / ,- ) http://www.zero-based.org/ ((_/)o o(\_)) \ `-' `-'(. .)`-' `-. Debian, a variant of the GNU operating system. \_/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
