System Administration Guide, Volume 2

How to Disable or Enable a System's Abort Sequence

  1. Become superuser.

  2. Select one of the following to disable or enable a system's abort sequence:

    1. Remove the pound sign (#) from the following line in the /etc/default/kbd file to disable a system's abort sequence:


      #KEYBOARD_ABORT=disable
    2. Add the pound sign (#) to the following line in the /etc/default/kbd file to enable a system's abort sequence:


      KEYBOARD_ABORT=disable
  3. Update the keyboard defaults.


    # kbd -i