> In Linux, which process handles the shutdown signal? Init? Or is it sent to > all > processes with a default of ignore, with at least one superuser process > handling it by issuing "shutdown"?
They hooked it into init (believe it or not, into the cntl-alt-del handler...). The kernel registers for the "hardware" signal, and triggers that event. You define what you want it to do in /etc/inittab (default is 'shutdown -h now'). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
