[ale] Linux Firewall

Jacob Langseth jlangseth at vodavi-ct.com
Fri Apr 9 12:02:26 EDT 1999


On Thursday, April 08, 1999 21:10, Wandered Inn 
[SMTP:esoteric at denali.atlnet.com] wrote:

>  ...or if you're
> > running 2.2.x, hit the Magic SysRq key.
>
> What does this 'magic' key do, pray tell??? (as I run 2.2.1...)

My understanding is that it halts the system in a
manner which doesn't alter the file system, but yet
is a 'safe' shutdown (as opposed to just flicking the
power switch).

I'll try to dig up the ref where I saw it.

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