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Date:      Sat, 22 Mar 1997 12:03:41 -0700 (MST)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.2R (src 2.2 211): <ctrl><alt><del> == dialing
Message-ID:  <199703221903.MAA11954@rocky.mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <19970322184530.BI55538@uriah.heep.sax.de>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970320205308.152B-100000@Pkrw.tcn.net> <19970322184530.BI55538@uriah.heep.sax.de>

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> > I am running 2.2R plus 210 & 211.  I have user ppp set up and working
> > great, except for one thing.  Whenever I do <ctrl><alt><del> the system
> > quickly dials out and then hangs up before rebooting.  When I use
> > 'shutdown -r now' (my usual method!) this does not occur.
> 
> For some strange reason, the `shutdown_nice()' in the kernel sends a
> SIGHUP to all processes first.  I've also noticed messages like
> ``Reloading nameserver'' or such.

That's because that's the way init(8) shuts things down normally.
'shutdown_nice()' simply lets sends a special ignal to init(8) like
shutdown/reboot(8).


Nate



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