Asking a user for the root password and executing root only commands...

[Joerg Woelke]

Hi!

Bengt Richter wrote:

[ snip Don't do its ]

> Out of the box my NT handles that better than my OOTB Linux, which was default
> configured to shut down. I haven't played with that much. Is there a way to
> start up a login on Ctrl-Alt-Del (probably meaning take over the video and go
> into text mode)?

?
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace kills X.
Ctrl-Alt-F[n]    switches from X to virtual console n.

> I guess this is a bit OT...

ACK
 
> Regards,
> Bengt Richter

HTH, J"o!