Disable CTRL-ALT-DEL on SLES server

Posted by on April 6, 2011 Leave a comment (0) Go to comments

By default pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL at the console of a SLES initiates and immediate reboot. Not the best situation for a server. Follow the steps below to disable CTRL-ALT-DEL.

  1. Open /etc/inittab
  2. Look for ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r -t 4 now
  3. Change it to ca::ctrlaltdel:/bin/echo "CTRL-ALT-DEL has been disabled." or rem out the line.
  4. Run init q to reload init.
  5. Test by pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL at the console.
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