on Tue, 04 Mar 2003 08:37:29PM -0800, Leo Spalteholz insinuated:
> 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?
>
> 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).
right, that's what i thought. therefore, it's good (imho) to have a
CTRL+ALT+DEL option, rather than a hard power cut as your only last
resort.
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