On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> I can lock my screen in X and it asks me password to restore the session. The
>
> However if I press ctrl+alt+Fn to come back to console where I started X, and
> hit ctrl-c, then X terminates. and Gives a shell with that user id wide open.
>
> I think this is not fully secure and I would like to know if I can prevent that.
When u start X, using startx or in whatever way, use an & to do it
in background. eg startx &
Then when u press ctrl+alt+Fn, u'll comeback to the commandprompt
from where u launched X. (You may need to press enter to get the command
prompt visible)
Now u can exit from there, or just lock the vt using vlock.
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#!!! If anything can go wrong, _FIX_ it. (To hell with MURPHY)
Ajay kumar Dwivedi
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