From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 3 12:51:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pilot08.cl.msu.edu (pilot08.cl.msu.edu [35.9.5.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BD6737B400 for ; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 12:51:23 -0800 (PST) Received: (from peckdani@localhost) by pilot08.cl.msu.edu (8.10.2/8.10.2) id g23KpA413174; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 15:51:10 -0500 Message-Id: <200203032051.g23KpA413174@pilot08.cl.msu.edu> Subject: Re: Locking the screen To: scott.mitchell@mail.com (Scott Mitchell) Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 15:51:10 -0500 (EST) From: "Daniel Lee Peck Mr." Cc: scott@smnolde.com, oberman@es.net, csfbsd@raggedclown.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20020303204559.C286@localhost> from "Scott Mitchell" at Mar 3, 2002 08:45:59 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The extra vty (that's open from CTRL+ALT+BSP) hasn't been a problem for me, I've got an alias so that startx actually runs "startx & ; exit" Starts x for me, logs me out of the session, and evertyhing is all fine and dandy :) -Dan > > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 09:38:32PM -0500, Scott M. Nolde wrote: > > Kevin Oberman(oberman@es.net)@2002.03.01 16:41:58 +0000: > > > > Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 20:28:07 +0100 > > > > From: Cliff Sarginson > > > > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 01:02:26PM -0500, Dan Peck wrote: > > > > > > > > > > If your looking for an X based program, xscreensaver > > > > > (/usr/ports/x11/xscreensaver) has a locking option. > > > > > > > > Bear in mind of course that if you are trying to lock any access to the > > > > system the X lock is totally useless, since people can just alt/f to > > > > another virtual console. > > > > > > That's not the real problem as the other vtys should not be logged > > > in. The real threat is CTRL-ALT-BS. That leaves you with a live vty and > > > no protection on it. I think [gkx]dm is a far safer way to deal with > > > this. > > > > You can always alias startx='startx;exit'. That way if your X session > > logged out or Ctrl-Alt-BS out the user would be at a login prompt. > > > > Combine that with a X screen lock and you might be better protected. > > Or disable the C-A-BS sequence (there's an option in XF86Config to do > this). You can always log in on another vty to kill the X server if > necessary. > > Scott > > -- > =========================================================================== > Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels > Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" > scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message