Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 16:41:58 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Locking the screen Message-ID: <20020302004158.AE4F45D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 01 Mar 2002 20:28:07 %2B0100." <20020301192807.GB2147@raggedclown.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> 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. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20020302004158.AE4F45D04>