Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 17:25:44 -0600 (MDT) From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@glacier.cold.org> To: security@freebsd.org Subject: console locking in X windows.. Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961025172053.15471A-100000@glacier.cold.org>
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I dont know if this has been brought up before, but most people get a
false sense of security by using 'xlock' or similar programs to lock their
X display while away from their console. However, it is likely they
started X with 'startx'. If it was started with 'xdm' this problem is not
relevant. Otherwise, all a person has to do is type 'CTRL-ALT-F1' to get
back to the text-console they ran startx from (or the appropriate Fn key),
and type ^Z. The X-server is then suspended and they have full access to
the user's shell.
Simple fix:
alias 'startx' to 'exec /usr/X11R6/bin/startx'
I realize this problem is not as 'impacting' as others may be, and is not
necessarily specific to FreeBSD, but it does exist nonetheless 8) I would
even go so far as to suggest a default alias in /etc/profile and
/etc/csh.cshrc, in release versions.
-Brandon Gillespie
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