On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:22:06 +0100, Wojtek wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> Hi, > > I often have to leave my students with my laptop and e.g. go to scan > some documents or to receive printed papers from the printer room. > Then I have to lock the console when leaving, and unlock it when > coming back. As my login password is quite long, it is uncomfortable > to enter it (especially with my students watching my keyboard ;-) ) > after every return. I think it could be nice to have a possibility to > use a special configuration of screen-locker, using another, shorter > and simpler password... > > Well I have a quick&dirty workaround - I have a special account with > minimal privileges (e.g. with access to networked blocked in > iptables) and really simple password. I have this user logged in in > one text console. So when leaving, I can switch to this console (with > Alt+Ctrl+F1) and run "vlock -a". This is not very elegant, but > working... > > Unfortunately my VFS5011 fingerprint scanner is not supported in > Linux :-(. > ..no, but webcams are, many laptops have them and can use: ... http://info.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/Z.Kalal/tld.html ...to control hands-off locking and unlocking. ;o) ..failing that, use wifi or bluetooth to chk your cell phone's signal strength which will depend on your presence, to control hands-off locking and unlocking. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
