Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 19:15:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru <dlavigne6@cogeco.ca> To: Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xlock equivalent for terminal ? Message-ID: <20021001191528.U1552-100000@dhcp-17-14.kico2.on.cogeco.ca> In-Reply-To: <200210012305.g91N5iWZ001750@axp.csl.sri.com>
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On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Mike Hogsett wrote: > > It seems silly, but someone where just asked about an Xlock equivalent > program for the console. He would like something which he can call after > throwing startx into the background to lock the virtual console. > > He would like this for both his freebsd boxes and linux boxes since they > both share his environ over NFS. It is more important for the linux end > though because Redhat chowns several things to the user on the console at > login and chowns them back if he logs out of the console (such as the > sounds devices and floppy dev). > > Any ideas ? "lock" works fine on BSD, not sure about Linux. Dru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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