Yedidyah Bar-David wrote on 2003-08-06:

> On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 12:33:54PM +0300, Kfir Lavi wrote:
> > Hi,
> > How can i lock the computer and don't get out from programs that are open?
> > Also when i do apm -suspend?
> > I want all the ttys and X to be passprotected.
>
> I never played with apm.
> set "DontZap" to true (read 'man XF86Config'), disable SysRq
> (with 'echo "0" > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq').
> Then run your favourite X screen locker (common ones are xscreensaver
> and xlockmore).
>
But X lockers still allow to switch VTs.  There is `vlock`, which in
the ``vlock -a`` mode disable console switching (just tried).  But it
doesn't work from X (locks only the current xterm, can still switch
consoles).  So you need to switch to some VT, login and run ``vlock
-a``.  Oh, and you need to have it installed.

ALternatively, you can completely disable VT switching in XF86Config
but that's ugly.

-- 
Beni Cherniavsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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