Utility to control what happens - ctrlaltdel

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Utility to control what happens when CTRL+ALT+DEL is pressed. More information: ctrlaltdel - manned.org.

  • Get current setting:

ctrlaltdel

  • Set CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot immediately, without any preparation:

sudo ctrlaltdel hard

  • Set CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot “normally”, giving processes a chance to exit first (send SIGINT to PID1):

sudo ctrlaltdel soft