Date: 02 Oct 2002 00:14:58 +0100 From: Tom Carrick <knyghtmare@knyghtmare.com> To: Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xlock equivalent for terminal ? Message-ID: <1033514107.1038.3.camel@knyghtmare.com> In-Reply-To: <200210012305.g91N5iWZ001750@axp.csl.sri.com> References: <200210012305.g91N5iWZ001750@axp.csl.sri.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Have you tried lock? ;) On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 00:05, 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). > > Any ideas ? > > Thanks > > - Mike Hogsett > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA9mixyRhxQpFRYpjsRAouvAKC1Z0xg6qbRtzGocD23614kfa6JTwCg3kFO +sDsu9892oP4014GbOwc79w= =He1U -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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