On 2022-03-19 01:03, Dale wrote:
Howdy,
I been thinking. Yea, that's dangerous. lol If I logout of KDE, or
have the screen locked, ctrl+alt=L key sequence, how secure is that if I
have good passwords that are virtually impossible to crack? My login
manager is sddm. As a example, if someone breaks into my home, is there
a easy way to get past that? I recall the old windoze 98 days where a
certain key sequence would bypass the password prompt. Is there a way
known to crooks and such that can bypass or easily defeat passwords?
They don't even need to defeat a password. If they have root, it's
trivial to unlock a locked session without knowing the password - just FYI.
I had to use that method when compiling updates and the screen saver
broke, and yes it did work. I can't recall what the command was now -
but I did test it on a working-normally system and it worked as well.
The screen locks in linux are security by obscurity, if something is
that sensitive, don't stay logged in all the time.
Dan
