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Date:      Tue, 1 Oct 2002 19:15:51 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Dru <dlavigne6@cogeco.ca>
To:        Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Xlock equivalent for terminal ?
Message-ID:  <20021001191528.U1552-100000@dhcp-17-14.kico2.on.cogeco.ca>
In-Reply-To: <200210012305.g91N5iWZ001750@axp.csl.sri.com>

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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


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