From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 22 07:53:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA17328 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 07:53:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smarter.than.nu (lal-99-91.Reshall.Berkeley.EDU [169.229.99.91]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA17322 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 07:53:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@smarter.than.nu) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smarter.than.nu (8.9.1/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA04045; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 07:52:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@smarter.than.nu) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 07:52:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Brian W. Buchanan" To: Mike Smith cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vty lock In-Reply-To: <199809220806.BAA00624@word.smith.net.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > I want to write a vty locking program similar in function to Linux's > > vlock. Anyone have (partial?) code implementing something like this, or > > have any pointers as to what I'd need to modify in the kernel to > > facilitate this? > > What's wrong with /usr/bin/lock? I have to terminate or shell out of whatever I'm running at the moment on each vty and run it, then enter my password 9 or 10 times when I return to the console. Linux's vlock lets you specify -a to instantly lock ALL vtys, which is the functionality I'm mainly looking for. -- Brian Buchanan brian@smarter.than.nu Never believe that you know the whole story. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message