On Fri 06 Jan 2012 at 22:28:26 +0200, Nadav Har'El wrote:
> Are you using runlevel 3 and manually running startx just because you want
> to run ctwm and not the Gnome or KDE window managers? If that is the reason,

I learned to use "exec startx" instead of just plain "startx", for
security reasons. Look at this scenario: you leave your screen for a
while and trust the screensaver to require a password. However, an
intruder can use Control-Alt-F1, or whatever it is, to swich away from X
to your logged in text console, type Control-Z to suspend X, and type
away at your shell. With "exec startx" there is no such possibility.

-Olaf.
-- 
___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert  -- There's no point being grown-up if you 
\X/ rhialto/at/xs4all.nl    -- can't be childish sometimes. -The 4th Doctor

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