Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 20:45:59 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: "Scott M. Nolde" <scott@smnolde.com> Cc: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>, Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Locking the screen Message-ID: <20020303204559.C286@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20020301213832.A32060@smnolde.com>; from scott@smnolde.com on Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 09:38:32PM -0500 References: <20020301192807.GB2147@raggedclown.net> <20020302004158.AE4F45D04@ptavv.es.net> <20020301213832.A32060@smnolde.com>
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On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 09:38:32PM -0500, Scott M. Nolde wrote: > Kevin Oberman(oberman@es.net)@2002.03.01 16:41:58 +0000: > > > Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 20:28:07 +0100 > > > From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> > > > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 01:02:26PM -0500, Dan Peck wrote: > > > > > > > > If your looking for an X based program, xscreensaver > > > > (/usr/ports/x11/xscreensaver) has a locking option. > > > > > > Bear in mind of course that if you are trying to lock any access to the > > > system the X lock is totally useless, since people can just alt/f to > > > another virtual console. > > > > That's not the real problem as the other vtys should not be logged > > in. The real threat is CTRL-ALT-BS. That leaves you with a live vty and > > no protection on it. I think [gkx]dm is a far safer way to deal with > > this. > > You can always alias startx='startx;exit'. That way if your X session > logged out or Ctrl-Alt-BS out the user would be at a login prompt. > > Combine that with a X screen lock and you might be better protected. Or disable the C-A-BS sequence (there's an option in XF86Config to do this). You can always log in on another vty to kill the X server if necessary. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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