Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 13:02:26 -0500 From: Dan Peck <peckdani@msu.edu> To: Colin Harford <colin.harford@mail.su.ualberta.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Locking the screen Message-ID: <20020301130226.B7744@peckdani-2.user.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <B8A50DE3.5DAD%colin.harford@mail.su.ualberta.ca>; from colin.harford@mail.su.ualberta.ca on Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 10:52:19AM -0700 References: <B8A50DE3.5DAD%colin.harford@mail.su.ualberta.ca>
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If your looking for an X based program, xscreensaver (/usr/ports/x11/xscreensaver) has a locking option. On the console, I've just installed vlock (/usr/ports/security/vlock), it seems to work well :) -Dan On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 10:52:19AM -0700, Colin Harford wrote: > I am wondering if anyone knows of a program that can be used to lock the > screen so it requires a password to be used again, without having to log > out. > > > Preferably something that works in xfree86. > > > Colin Harford > > > Systems and Network Administrator Apple Product Professional > ================================= > Computer and Network Support > University of Alberta Students' Union > Phone: (780) 492-4241 Fax: (780) 492-4643 > http://www.su.ualberta.ca > > > "I sense much NT in you, NT leads to Blue Screen. > Blue Screen leads to downtime, downtime leads to suffering. > NT is the path to the darkside." > - Unknown Unix Jedi > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- "Your theory is cray, but it's not crazy enough to be true." --Neils Bohr. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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