Hi Nico, On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 04:01:55PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > Hi, > > Simple console based application, which can be used to lock the terminal > > with a > > password string supplied by user from standard input, or with her login > > password as needed. By default tlock prompts the user for a password and > > then > > locks the terminal until the same password is supplied again. When invoked > > with > > -s flag, tlock locks the terminal with the user's login password. > [...] > Why is that more useful or different than vlock?
It is different from vlock because the user can set a password different than their system password if they feel so inclined. A possible use case I can think of is Bob is leaving the desktop he's working on, but knows that Alice, his parter for the project XYZ will be around in a few minutes. He locks it using the password 'SomethingOtherThanTheUserPassword' because he doesn't want Alice to know his system password, but trusts her enough to continue working on the project without him around. He crosses Alice in the hallway on his way out and gives her the temporary password. She can thus continue working on the project without having to use his system password. Cheers, -- |_)|_/ Ryan Kavanagh | Gnupg key | \| \ http://blog.ryanak.ca/ | E95EDDC9
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