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+.\" Copyright 1992, 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
+.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
+.TH CTRLALTDEL 8 "25 October 1993" "Linux 0.99" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.SH NAME
+ctrlaltdel \- set the function of the Ctrl-Alt-Del combination
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B "ctrlaltdel hard|soft"
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Based on examination of the
+.I linux/kernel/sys.c
+code, it is clear that there are two supported functions that the
+Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence can perform: a
+.I hard
+reset, which immediately reboots the computer without calling
+.B sync (2)
+and without any other preparation; and a
+.I soft
+reset, which sends the SIGINT (interrupt) signal to the
+.B init
+process (this is always the process with PID 1).  If this option is used,
+the
+.B init (8)
+program must support this feature.  Since there are now several
+.B init (8)
+programs in the Linux community, please consult the documentation for the
+version that you are currently using.
+
+.B ctrlaltdel
+is usually used in the
+.I /etc/rc.local
+file.
+.SH FILES
+.I /etc/rc.local
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR simpleinit (8),
+.BR init (8)
+.SH AUTHOR
+Peter Orbaek (poe@daimi.aau.dk)