From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 1 16:14:41 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 CBD4F37B401 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 16:14:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fep3.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D555743E91 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 16:14:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dlavigne6@cogeco.ca) Received: from d226-42-146.home.cgocable.net (d226-42-146.home.cgocable.net [24.226.42.146]) by fep3.cogeco.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A053220DF; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 19:14:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 19:15:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru X-X-Sender: dlavigne6@dhcp-17-14.kico2.on.cogeco.ca To: Mike Hogsett Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xlock equivalent for terminal ? In-Reply-To: <200210012305.g91N5iWZ001750@axp.csl.sri.com> Message-ID: <20021001191528.U1552-100000@dhcp-17-14.kico2.on.cogeco.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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, 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