From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 1 16:14:59 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D40E37B401 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 16:14:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu57-17-158.nc.rr.com [66.57.17.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B05FB43E3B for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 16:14:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [10.2.1.2] (vpn-client-2.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.2]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g91NA7iv001548; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 19:10:07 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Subject: Re: Xlock equivalent for terminal ? From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Mike Hogsett Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <200210012305.g91N5iWZ001750@axp.csl.sri.com> References: <200210012305.g91N5iWZ001750@axp.csl.sri.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 01 Oct 2002 19:14:30 -0400 Message-Id: <1033514071.343.18.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,TO_BE_REMOVED_REPLY version=2.41 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 On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 19:05, 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). /usr/ports/misc/gone It works on RedHat, too. There's also the default lock(1) application, but I wrote gone to give a few more features. Joe > > Any ideas ? > > Thanks > > - Mike Hogsett > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message