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- From: sjm86289@tut.fi (Sami J. M{kinen)
- Subject: Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del in linux, doesn't work.
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.164743.7685@funet.fi>
- Sender: usenet@funet.fi (#Kotilo NEWS system )
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- Organization: Tampere U of Tech, Finland
- References: <1992Aug4.225341.9785@unibi.uni-bielefeld.de> <92226.132926PEGELOW@DMSWWU1A.UNI-MUENSTER.DE>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 16:47:43 GMT
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- In article <92226.132926PEGELOW@DMSWWU1A.UNI-MUENSTER.DE>, Ulrich Pegelow <PEGELOW@DMSWWU1A.UNI-MUENSTER.DE> writes:
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- > Are you sometimes using MGR as root? MGR leaves a junk entry in file
- > /etc/utmp (the file where all currently logged-in users are kept).
- > This entry states that root is still logged in on /dev/ttyp0.
- > When you want to shut your system down reboot/shutdown/halt will try
- > to write a warning message to the control terminals of all users.
- > As /dev/ttyp0 is not opened for reading any more shutdown will block
- > when it tries to open /dev/ttyp0 for writing. However you should be
- > able to interrupt shutdown by pressing CTRL-C at least.
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- Yup, right. I've encountered just the same problem with X11.
- The cure is simple: as root say echo > /etc/utmp; reboot
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- You will not see the warning message, though. :)
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- --
- // sjm
- f u cn rd ths, u cnt spl wrth a dmn!
- // sjm
- f u cn rd ths, u cnt spl wrth a dmn!
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