From 5eeac515bf234a111f0e37355893dfb96926f676 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 02:33:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] man: document the new Ctrl-Alt-Del magic --- man/systemd.xml | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml index e0e8d37a9..d020582b5 100644 --- a/man/systemd.xml +++ b/man/systemd.xml @@ -627,10 +627,19 @@ Upon receiving this signal the systemd system manager will start the - ctrl-alt-del.target unit. This - is mostly equivalent to + ctrl-alt-del.target + unit. This is mostly equivalent to systemctl start - ctl-alt-del.target. + ctl-alt-del.target. If this + signal is received more often than 7 + times per 2s an immediate reboot is + triggered. Note that pressing + Ctrl-Alt-Del on the console will + trigger this signal. Hence, if a + reboot is hanging pressing + Ctrl-Alt-Del more than 7 times in 2s + is a relatively safe way to trigger an + immediate reboot. systemd user managers treat this signal the same way as -- 2.30.2