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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org>
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Subject: Re: VT_LOCKSWITCH 
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On Tue, 28 May 2002 08:54:20 GMT, Dima Dorfman wrote:

> The attached patch adds an -S option to vidcontrol(1) that allows the
> user to disallow vty switching.  It is implemented using a new
> VT_LOCKSWITCH ioctl.

Ooo!  Ooo!  This is nice.

If you're up to it, I'd love to see the same functionality available as
an extension to lock(1).  Imagine the convenience of being able to type

	lock -npS

on just one terminal and not have to worry about the rest!

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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