Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 13:18:52 -0600 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X11 security issues??? Message-ID: <418BD21C.9090303@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <41888720.7090301@computer.org> References: <41888720.7090301@computer.org>
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Thought the list might benefit...
Brian Bobowski wrote:
> Eric Schuele wrote:
>
>> When I have X/Fluxbox up and running, I can press
Ctrl+Alt+<function-key>
>> and get to any other ttyv. This is annoying to begin with but since
>> they prompt for pwds... not catastrophic. However, F1 takes you to the
>> ttyv I'm logged in to and this gives you the opportunity to Ctrl-C my X
>> session... leaving you standing in my shell!
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Have I done something wrong?
>> How can I prevent this. It would be nice to be able to walk away from
>> my desk and not worry about people using my machine.
>
>
>
> I'm not personally familiar with Fluxbox, but I do know that some
window managers or environments - for instance, KDE - have the option to
intercept the CTRL-ALT-Fn keypresses. That's one way to do it - from
within your WM.
>
> The other way is to add these lines to your ServerFlags section of
/etc/XF86Config :
>
> Option "DontVTSwitch" true
> Option "DontZap" true
Excellent... Exactly what I needed!
However, for what it's worth... I'm using xorg, and the syntax that
worked for me was without the boolean values.
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DontVTSwitch"
Option "DontZap"
EndSection
Thanks for the help.
>
> The first prevents the behaviour that you specifically mentioned; the
second prevents the CTRL-ALT-Backspace shortcut from killing the X server.
>
> If this section doesn't exist, then put:
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option "DontVTSwitch" true
> Option "DontZap" true
> EndSection
>
> ...and that should achieve the desired results.
>
> HTH,
>
> -BB
>
--
Regards,
Eric
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