Using recycled bits, Abhishek Kumar said:
% 
%     I wanted to use the ctrl-alt-del sequence to shutdown my system and
% only changed the following entry in my /etc/inittab:
%     from        ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r  now
%     to             ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -h now
% 
% But after I made this change, the sequence stopped working at all(even
% after I changed it back). Can there be a problem with setting file
% permission? Currently it is     -rw-r--r--
% 
%     What should I change? Thanks for answering.

The relevant piece of my /etc/inittab looks like this:

# Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE
ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

The permissions are:

-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         2409 Nov 24  1997 /etc/inittab

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