Date: 01 Oct 2002 19:14:30 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xlock equivalent for terminal ? Message-ID: <1033514071.343.18.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <200210012305.g91N5iWZ001750@axp.csl.sri.com> References: <200210012305.g91N5iWZ001750@axp.csl.sri.com>
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On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 19:05, 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). /usr/ports/misc/gone It works on RedHat, too. There's also the default lock(1) application, but I wrote gone to give a few more features. Joe > > Any ideas ? > > Thanks > > - Mike Hogsett > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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