At 09:05 PM 21/09/00 -0700, Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> all
>
> This is about a simple observation with X.
>
> I can lock my screen in X and it asks me password to restore the
session. The
> idea is to keep workstation locked when the user is away. This is
supposed to
> prevent unauthorised access.
>
> 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.
Hi Shridhar,
Forget about it. Physical access to the machine is the ultimate security
breach. Assume you were able to solve this -- I could stick a boot floppy
into your drive and reset. Then I have even more access than if I did what
you suggested above.
Biju
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