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Bug 588533 - control-alt-delete.conf does not modify control-alt-delete
Summary: control-alt-delete.conf does not modify control-alt-delete
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: initscripts
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: initscripts Maintenance Team
QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-05-03 21:36 UTC by Andy Feldt
Modified: 2010-05-04 14:33 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2010-05-04 07:44:50 UTC
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Description Andy Feldt 2010-05-03 21:36:49 UTC 
Description of problem:

Editing /etc/control-alt-delete.conf does not affect the result of pressing control-alt-delete

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
9.03.4-1

How reproducible:

Edit the /etc/control-alt-delete.conf file and comment out the existing 'exec' line and add a line like:

exec /bin/echo "Control-Alt-Delete disabled"

Reboot, then press Control-Alt-Delete

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Edit the /etc/control-alt-delete.conf file
2. Reboot the system to make sure init uses the changed file
3. Press Control-Alt-Delete
  
Actual results:
The system prompts to shutdown

Expected results:
A simple echo somewhere and no reboot

Additional info:
Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2010-05-03 23:37:27 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux major release.  Product Management has requested further
review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Major release.  This request is not yet committed for
inclusion.
Comment 3 Petr Lautrbach 2010-05-04 07:44:50 UTC 
> Editing /etc/control-alt-delete.conf does not affect the result of pressing
control-alt-delete

Did you mean /etc/init/control-alt-delete.conf? 

> The system prompts to shutdown

If you press Control-Alt-Delete with running desktop environment then it is handled by you desktop (KDE, GNOME, ...). First you need to switch to virtual console - Ctl-Alt-F[2-6].

> A simple echo somewhere and no reboot

Upstart jobs have stdout and stderr outputs connected to /dev/null by default. You can add "console output" stanza to connect them to /dev/console:

/etc/init/control-alt-delete.conf:
start on control-alt-delete
console output
exec echo /sbin/shutdown -r now "Control-Alt-Delete pressed"
Comment 4 Andy Feldt 2010-05-04 14:33:58 UTC 
Yes, I did mean /etc/init/control-alt-delete.conf (not enough coffee before posting!) The previous method of enabling control-alt-delete in the /etc/inittab file affected any invocation of control-alt-delete and it was not clear in any documentation that I could find that this was not true for /etc/init/control-alt-delete.conf.  So, this is not really a bug then and can be closed.  However, I have been unable to find any way to completely disable control-alt-delete (as needed for lab machines which run batch jobs) in RHEL6 under the GNOME desktop.
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