Re: why doesn't shutdown work ??
"J. Bakshi" <[email protected]>
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On Fri, 28 May 2010 10:29:02 +0530 MohanSai <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Bakshi! > i'm not an expert at linux. there are two inittab files on my ubuntu > system. > 1) /etc/inittab > 2) /usr/share/sysvinit/inittab > which file needs to be appended with the line you mentioned? > "shutdown -a /etc/shutdown.allow" > could you specify which file ? > Also, will this also work for reboot and how about locking the system. > Hello, My box is based on debian. Generally /etc/inittab is the file where all this modification can be done. Even in rpm based distro. So it should be the same in ubuntu which is also based on debian 1] vlock is a console based terminal locking tool 2] xtrlock is a light xwindow based locking application. In icewm you can easily map xtrlock with the key combination using .icewm/keys file with regards, J.B. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------