From: richard@cs.rug.nl (Richard Braakman) Subject: Re: How to disable C-A-D for non-root users? Date: 14 Jun 1993 03:02:18 +0200
bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery) writes:
>If it's really a problem, disable C-A-D. I suspect that this is a good idea
>anyway... I've never found a situation where it's any more useful than a
>proper shutdown. (Or use it as a "secure interrupt" as I believe is provided
>for in the pl10 serial driver.)
I once used it to get out of a problem with booting. I didn't get a login
prompt, so I tried C-A-D. It started a shutdown, which is obviously better
than hitting reset. Is this what you meant with "secure interrupt" ?
(I was running a 0.99.9A flavour).